- (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert;
"desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
- (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
- (military) not involved in military operations
- not exerting influence or change
- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ;
"a dormant volcano"
- lacking in energy or will;
"Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"
- lacking activity; lying idle or unused;
"an inactive mine" "inactive accounts" "inactive machinery"
- not engaged in full-time work;
"inactive reserve" "an inactive member"
- not active physically or mentally;
"illness forced him to live an inactive life" "dreamy and inactive by nature"
- not in physical motion;
"the inertia of an object at rest"
