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Definition of inactive

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Inactive (a.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid..

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Poppied :: Poppied (a.) Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive..

Unactive :: Unactive (v. t.) To render inactive or listless.

Silent :: Silent (a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent..

Restive :: Restive (a.) Inactive; sluggish.

Slothful :: Slothful (a.) Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil..

Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream..

Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen..

Wake :: Wake (v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active..

Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man..

Cessant :: Cessant (a.) Inactive; dorman.

Recumbent :: Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight..

Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter..

Do-nothing :: Do-nothing (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy..

Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

Mesotartaric :: Mesotartaric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive tartaric acid..

Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..

Inactose :: Inactose (n.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive..

Energy :: Energy (n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive..