Inactive - Definition

adj 1: (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction;
chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing
slowly [ant: active]
3: (military) not involved in military operations [syn:
nonoperational, inactive] [ant: operational]
4: not exerting influence or change [ant: active]
5: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active]
6: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive
order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon
oneself"- George Meredith [syn: passive, inactive] [ant:
active]
7: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine";
"inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant: active]
8: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an
inactive member" [ant: active]
9: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to
live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" [ant:
active]
10: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[syn: inactive, motionless, static, still]