inactive
/ɪnˈæktɪv/ adjective B2- Not active, temporarily or permanently. · The volcano is inactive, but is only dormant.· Inactive user accounts may be deleted after 90 days.
- Not engaging in physical activity.
- Not functioning or operating; broken down · The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
- Retired from duty or service. · Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
- Relatively inert. · Aluminium is inactive towards water.
- Showing no optical activity in polarized light. · Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.
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A WEASEL, inactive from age and infirmities, was not able to catch mice as he once did.
Often in prison Faria had said to him, when he saw him idle and inactive:
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