INACTIVE
\ɪnˈaktɪv], \ɪnˈaktɪv], \ɪ_n_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of INACTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
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not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
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not active or exerting influence
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not engaged in military action
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not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" ; "an inactive member of the department"
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not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
By Princeton University
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not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
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not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
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not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military) ; "an inactive member of the department"
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lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
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not active or exerting influence
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not engaged in military action
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
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Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
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Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
