inactive (
http://definr.com/inactive)
adj 1: not participating in a chemical reaction; "desired amounts
of inactive chlorine"
2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing
slowly [ant:
active]
3: not active or exerting influence [ant:
active]
4: of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[syn:
extinct] [ant:
active,
dormant]
5: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"
[syn:
dormant] [ant:
extinct,
active]
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 [syn:
passive] [ant:
active]
7: lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine";
"inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" [ant:
active]
8: not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve" (military)
; "an inactive member of the department" [ant:
active]
9: not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to
live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
[ant:
active]
10: not engaged in military action [syn:
reserve(a)]
11: not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
[syn:
at rest,
motionless,
static,
still]
12: temporarily inactive [syn:
abeyant,
in abeyance(p),
suspended]