Antonyms for inactive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-ak-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæk tɪv

Definition of inactive

Origin : 1725, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + active.

adj not engaged in action; inert, lazy

Example sentences :

Others, who demanded revenge, found an aliment for their inactive forces.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

For the remaining part of the year 1811 both armies were inactive.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence

If the imagination intoxicates the poet, it is not inactive in other men.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is well for us that they will now be forced to be inactive.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

Washington lay for a while inactive while the enemy prepared for their departure.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

Consciousness is an inactive spectator for the procession of the contents.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

But it could be readily believed that his restless mind was not inactive.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson

We should have to encounter there only a weak, inactive, and unenterprising people.
Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon

Where there is love, there must be communication, because love can never be passive and inactive.
Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe

Is quiet and inactive, lacks self-confidence, and plays little.
Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman

Synonyms for inactive

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