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How to pronounce inactive in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms passive
Derivation inactivity, inactiveness
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Synonyms nonoperational
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Synonyms motionless, static, still
Derivation inactivity
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Synonyms dormant
Derivation inactiveness, inactivity
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Derivation inactivity


desired amounts of inactive chlorine.
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Derivation inactivity, inactiveness


an inactive mine.
inactive accounts.
inactive machinery.
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Derivation inactiveness


illness forced him to live an inactive life.
dreamy and inactive by nature.
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Derivation inactivity


inactive reserve.
an inactive member.
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Examples of inactive

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Salas was on the pregame inactive list the next two games, giving way to Pettis.
From the stltoday.com
The benefit from having been active when young is small if you are inactive now.
From the sciencedaily.com
In one, they determined that fish inactive for 60 seconds or more were sleeping.
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Three months after treatment, 90 percent of the treated veins remained inactive.
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Rucker suffered a knee injury a week earlier and was inactive against the Bills.
From the kentucky.com
Barnes, who had been inactive the previous six weeks, played in the nickel role.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sun has been one of the Lakers'two designated inactive players for all 12 games.
From the ocregister.com
It is also dangerous when you are a young, developing fighter to be so inactive.
From the independent.co.uk
When the healing process is complete, normal STAT3 returns to its inactive form.
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More examples
  • (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
  • (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
  • Nonoperational: (military) not involved in military operations
  • Not exerting influence or change
  • Dormant: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
  • Passive: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
  • Not active, temporarily or permanently; Not functioning or operating; broken down; Retired from duty or service; Relatively inert; Showing no optical activity in polarized light
  • Inactivity is not engaging in any regular pattern of physical activity beyond daily functioning.
  • (Inactivity) More women than men are physically inactive in the 15- to 24-year-old age group and in the over 65 age groups (Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health, 1999; Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, 1999).