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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
