inactive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈæktɪv/ UK /ɪnˈæktɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not active, working, or in operation

The account became inactive after a year of disuse.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not active, working, or in... idle dormant inert passive sluggish quiescent unemployed

Opposites

active busy operative working

Word family

Derived forms inactivelyinactivityinactivate

Related forms active act activity

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Phrases (1)

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largely inactive
not operating or being used for the most part

Adverb + adjective

Etymology

From in- ('not') + active, from Latin activus ('active'), from actus, past participle of agere ('to do, drive, act').

activus Latin agere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# inactive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈæktɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈæktɪv/

## Meanings
1. not active, working, or in operation

## Examples
- The account became inactive after a year of disuse.

## Synonyms
- idle
- dormant
- inert
- passive
- sluggish
- quiescent
- unemployed

## Antonyms
- active
- busy
- operative
- working

## Derived Forms
- inactively
- inactivity
- inactivate

## Related Forms
- active
- act
- activity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: activus
- Root: agere
- Affix: in- - not

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + active, from Latin activus ('active'), from actus, past participle of agere ('to do, drive, act').

## AI Etymology
Inactive is from in- ('not') + active, from Latin activus ('active'), from actus, past participle of agere ('to do, drive, act'). In present-day use, it means not active, working, or in operation. Derived formations include inactively, inactivity, and inactivate. Related vocabulary includes active, act, and activity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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