inactive   (Sound)

The adj inactive has 10 senses

• inactive -- ((chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine")


• inactive -- ((pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly)


• nonoperational, inactive -- ((military) not involved in military operations)


• inactive -- (not exerting influence or change)


• dormant, inactive -- ((of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano")


• passive, inactive -- (lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith)


• inactive -- (lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery")


• inactive -- (not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member")


• inactive -- (not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature")


• inactive, motionless, static, still -- (not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest")