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Meaning of inactive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inactive
      adj 1: (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction;
             chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
      2: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing
         slowly [ant: {active}]
      3: (military) not involved in military operations [syn:
         {nonoperational}, {inactive}] [ant: {operational}]
      4: not exerting influence or change [ant: {active}]
      5: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
         volcano" [syn: {dormant}, {inactive}] [ant: {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}, {inactive}] [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"; "an
         inactive member" [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 in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
          [syn: {inactive}, {motionless}, {static}, {still}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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