English > inactivity: 3 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state of being inactive. |
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| Synonyms | inaction, inactiveness |
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| Narrower | abeyance, suspension | temporary cessation or suspension |
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| anergy | inactivity and lack of energy |
| arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | The state of inactivity following an interruption |
| calcification | An inflexible and unchanging state |
| deep freeze | temporary inactivity or suspension |
| desuetude | A state of inactivity or disuse |
| dormancy, quiescence, quiescency | A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction |
| extinction | no longer active |
| holding pattern | A state of inaction with no progress and no change |
| rest | A state of inaction |
| stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums | A state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
| stagnation, stagnancy | inactivity of liquids / liquids |
| stasis | inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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| Opposite | action, activity, activeness | The state of being active |
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| Spanish | inacción, inactividad |
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| Catalan | inacció, inactivitat, innacció |
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| Adjectives | inactive | (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct |
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| inactive | not in physical motion / motion |
| inactive | (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction |
