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hypoactive

hypoactive adjective: less than normally active.

Adjective

hypoactive (comparative more hypoactive, superlative most hypoactive)

  1. Less than normally active.
    • Men have the naturally higher sex drive, yet all the laws, customs, punishments, shame, strictures, mystiques, and anti-mystiques are aimed at that tepid, sleepy, hypoactive creature the female libido.1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    underactive

Synonyms of hypoactive

Antonyms

Forms of hypoactive

comparativemore hypoactive
superlativemost hypoactive

Origin of hypoactive

From hypo- + active.

Words that rhyme with hypoactive

14 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about hypoactive

What does hypoactive mean?
Hypoactive means less than normally active.
What part of speech is hypoactive?
Hypoactive is an adjective.

Words near hypoactive in the dictionary

  1. hypoactivated
  2. hypoactivates
  3. hypoactivating
  4. hypoactivation
  5. hypoactivations
  6. hypoactive
  7. hypoactivities
  8. hypoactivity
  9. hypoacusis
  10. hypoacylated
  11. hypoacylation

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