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inactivity, n.
(inactivities)

being inactive; being less active
<noun.act>

inactivity

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inactive inactive

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hypernym

act, human action, deed, human activity

hyponym

pause wait, waiting rest, repose, ease, relaxation idleness, idling, loafing delay, holdup

a disposition to remain inactive or inert
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inactiveness inactivity inertia

sample sentences

"he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

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inactive inactive

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hyponym

languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness restfulness passivity, passiveness indolence, laziness

the state of being inactive
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inaction inactiveness inactivity

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inactive inactive inactive

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inactive inactive

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hyponym

abeyance, suspension anergy check, halt, stop, arrest, hitch, stay, stoppage calcification deep freeze desuetude dormancy, quiescence, quiescency extinction holding pattern rest stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums stagnation, stagnancy stasis