Meaning & Definition of Inactive in English

1. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction

• Chemically inert

• "Desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

2. (pathology) not progressing or increasing

• Or progressing slowly

3. (military) not involved in military operations

4. Not exerting influence or change

5. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct

• "A dormant volcano"

6. Lacking in energy or will

• "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- george meredith

7. Lacking activity

• Lying idle or unused

• "An inactive mine"

• "Inactive accounts"

• "Inactive machinery"

8. Not engaged in full-time work

• "Inactive reserve"

• "An inactive member"

9. Not active physically or mentally

• "Illness forced him to live an inactive life"

• "Dreamy and inactive by nature"

10. Not in physical motion

• "The inertia of an object at rest"