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the situation when not much is happening, for example when not much buying or selling is taking place: a long period of inactivity. inactivity in the financial markets. (Definition of inactivity from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of inactivity. inactivity.
: relating to or being members of the armed forces who are not performing or available for military duties. (3) of a disease : quiescent. c (1) : chemically inert. (2) : optically neutral in polarized light. d. : biologically inert especially because of the loss of some quality (such as infectivity or antigenicity) inactively adverb. inactivity.
noun [ U ] us / ˌɪn.ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i / uk / ˌɪn.ækˈtɪv.ə.ti / Add to word list. the state of doing nothing: a period of inactivity. economic / physical inactivity. Inactivity contributes to weakness, fatigue and sleeplessness. See. inactive. Fewer examples.
When you're lying around being lazy, you're in a state of inactivity — you're not doing anything. Some animals, like cats, typically have hours of inactivity every day.
1. Not active or tending to be active: inactive students at risk for gaining weight. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. Not being in continuous use or operation: an inactive brokerage account. 3. Retired from duty or service: inactive military personnel. 4.
the state of not doing anything or of not being active. The inactivity of the government was deplorable. Definition of inactivity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done: an inactive member of an advisory board.
Noun. Singular: inactivity. Plural: inactivities. Origin of Inactivity. From in- +"Ž activity. From Wiktionary. Inactivity Sentence Examples. Dean vacillated between the contentment of inactivity and the frustration of trying to change the unchangeable. The consequences of both weight gain and inactivity are many.
Dormant suggests the quiescence or inactivity of that which sleeps but may be roused to action: a dormant volcano. Inert suggests the condition of dead matter, with no inherent power of motion or action; it may also mean unable to move, or heavy and hard to move: an inert mass; inert from hunger.
(ɪnæktɪv ) adjective. Someone or something that is inactive is not doing anything or is not working. He certainly was not politically inactive. The satellite had been inactive since its launch two years ago. Synonyms: lazy, passive, slow, quiet More Synonyms of inactive. inactivity (ɪnæktɪvɪti ) uncountable noun.
