inactive

Meaning

Adj

1. Not active, temporarily or permanently.
2. Not engaging in physical activity.
3. Not functioning or operating; broken down
4. Retired from duty or service.
5. Relatively inert.
6. Showing no optical activity in polarized light.

Noun

A person who does not take action.

Synonyms

sluggish

inert

lazy

slow

idle

dull

passive

indolent

lethargic

static

torpid

dormant

slothful

motionless

tardy

dead

💀

nonoperational

quiet

inoperative

stagnant

quiescent

still

supine

immobile

stationary

listless

slack

immovable

shiftless

sedentary

steady

negligent

nerveless

nonfunctional

numb

obsolete

obtuse

old-fashioned

otiose

potential

procrastinate

remiss

resting

sesame

settled

sisal

stagnate

stagnating

stand-by

tabled

undertone

unemployed

unmoved

unmoving

unpointed

unserviceable

unsharpened

unusable

unworkable

vacant

vacuous

weak

weakness

work-shy

accidious

be still

lie flat

nonmoving

not working

low tone

dead-alive

dead-and-alive

nonmotile

useless person

be watery

no longer functioning

no longer operating

no longer productive

out of operation

not diligent

not quick

unable to walk

without energy

unuseable

inact

desidious

abeyant

lither

anachronistic

asleep

be idle

bigoted

blunt

calm

cold

🥶

drained

drugged

dullness

dull-witted

dumb

dysfunctional

easygoing

easy-going

fallow

firm

fixed

flat

gentle

hemp

ignored

inanimate

laggard

languid

languorous

latent

leisurely

lifeless

loitering

Translations

inactif

inactivo

inactief

inaktiv

traag

tatenlos

pasivo

inerte

خامل

passif

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈæktɪv/

Etymology

From French inactif. See also earlier unactive.