inactive, idle, inert, passive, supine mean not engaged in work or activity. inactive applies to anyone or anything not in action or in operation or at work.

Inactive indicates absence of activity: retired but not inactive; an inactive factory. Idle refers to persons who are not doing anything or are not busy: employees who were idle because of the strike.

It's bad for your health to be physically inactive. The property market remains largely inactive.

Definition of inactive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Inactive, dormant, inert, sluggish, torpid suggest lack of activity. Inactive indicates absence of action, indisposition to activity, or cessation of activity: an inactive compound, life, file of papers.

Someone or something that is inactive is not doing anything or is not working. He certainly was not politically inactive.

inactive (adjective) inactive /ɪn ˈ æktɪv/ adjective Britannica Dictionary definition of INACTIVE [more inactive; most inactive] : not active: such as a : not doing things that require physical movement and …

When things or people are inactive, they're doing little or nothing. A rock, a couch potato, or a gym membership you haven’t used yet is inactive.

It's bad for your health to be physically inactive. The property market remains largely inactive.

Someone or something that is inactive is not doing anything or is not working. He certainly was not politically inactive. The satellite had been inactive since its launch two years ago.