inaction
/ɪnˈækʃən/
inaction noun: lack of action or activity or labor.
Noun
inaction (countable and uncountable, plural inactions)
- Lack of action or activity or labor
- The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
- Hmm, yes, 'negotiations' is an interesting choice of words given that ministers have steadfastly refused to meet the unions for the past year; a clear case of industrial inaction.2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 35
- Antonyms:
- action
inaction meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
inaction in Tamil
- செயலின்மை, செயல் முடுக்கக்குறை, தூண்டுகை உணர்வுக்குறை
inaction in Marathi
- निष्क्रियता
inaction in Urdu
- آلکس, ڈھیل پن, جمود, کاہلی, سستی
inaction in Bengali
- নিষ্ক্রিয়তা, কর্মহীনতা, আলস্য
More languagesFewer languages
- inaction in Telugu
- నిష్క్రియాత్మకత
- inaction in Malayalam
- നിഷ്ക്രിയത്വം, അകർമ്മം, നിഷ്ക്രിയത, അകർമ്മണ്യത
- inaction in Kannada
- ಮಾಡದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಮಯ್ಗಳ್ಳತನ, ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯತೆ, ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡದಿರುವುದು
- inaction in Gujarati
- નિષ્ક્રિયતા, નિષ્ક્રીયતા
- inaction in Nepali
- निष्क्रियता, निष्क्रिय़ता
Examples of inaction in a sentence
- The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
- A waffle is the action, or inaction, of making up your mind.
- The evidence on the seriousness of the risks from inaction or delayed action is now overwhelming.
Synonyms of inaction
Antonyms
Forms of inaction
| plural | inactions |
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Origin of inaction
From French inaction. Morphologically in- + action.
Questions about inaction
- What does inaction mean?
- Inaction means lack of action or activity or labor.
- What is inaction in Tamil?
- Inaction in Tamil is செயலின்மை, செயல் முடுக்கக்குறை, தூண்டுகை உணர்வுக்குறை. See Inaction meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inaction?
- Inaction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inaction?
- Inaction is pronounced /ɪnˈækʃən/.
- What is the plural of inaction?
- The plural of inaction is inactions.
Words near inaction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inaction (page history and authors); inaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inaction (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inaction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inaction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inaction (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inaction (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inaction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inaction (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inaction (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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