Inactive (Adjective)
Meaning 2
Not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest".
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Meaning 3
(military) not involved in military operations.
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Meaning 4
Not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member".
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Meaning 5
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct; "a dormant volcano".
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Meaning 6
Lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery".
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Meaning 7
Lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith.
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Meaning 8
(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine".
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- Helium is an inactive gas that does not readily participate in chemical reactions with other elements.
- In a controlled environment, inactive reagents can be mixed together to observe specific reaction dynamics.
- Certain rocks can sequester active contaminants through contact with an inactive medium that isolates and captures reactive chemicals.
- Zirconia acts as an inactive framework during hydrogen peroxide production in organic oxidations.
- Silver becomes less inactive towards ethylene dichloride through chemisorption mechanisms allowing otherwise chemically stable inert bonds.
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Meaning 9
(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly.
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Meaning 10
Not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature".
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