1. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert.

Words that Rhyme with Inactive

• photorefractive
• unattractive
• retroactive
• radioactive
• refractive
• hyperactive
• proactive
• overactive
• interactive
• attractive
• reactive

How do you pronounce inactive?

Pronounce inactive as ˌɪˈnæktɪv.

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Example sentences of the word inactive

1. Adjective
Call all your inactive clients and ask them how you can help them get back into a healthy routine.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Educate yourself about depression, especially about the sufferer's propensity to become withdrawn and inactive.

Quotes containing the word inactive

1. An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
- George S. Patton Jr.

2. Scientists used to do an experiment whereby a dog’s repeated reward for performing a task was unaccountably replaced by punishment. The dog, knowing it would be penalized for doing well or doing badly, would become melancholic and inactive. This and other unforeseeable results were funded by taxing up to sixty percent of people’s earnings. People became strangely melancholic and inactive
- Steve Aylett

2. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly.

3. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct.

4. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] not active physically or mentally.

5. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] lacking activity; lying idle or unused.

6. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] not exerting influence or change.

7. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] (military) not involved in military operations.

8. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] not engaged in full-time work.

9. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] lacking in energy or will.

10. inactive

adjective. ['ˌɪˈnæktɪv'] not in physical motion.