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inactivity

/ˌɪn.ækˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/

inactivity noun: the quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

Noun

inactivity (countable and uncountable, plural inactivities)

  1. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
    • Painters depicted Idle Hours (see fig. 99), reverie, solitude, and other themes that reflected Americans' new willingness to eschew productivity, and they sold their canvases to patrons who enjoyed both the inactivities portrayed and seeing themselves portrayed in inactivities.1994, Helene Barbara Weinberg, Doreen Bolger, David Park Curry, American Impressionism and Realism
    • Shepard: How do the Reapers survive out in dark space?
      Vigil: We have only theories. The researchers here came to believe the Reapers enter prolonged states of inactivity to conserve energy.
      Vigil: This allows them to survive the thousands and thousands of years it takes for organic civilization to...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ilos

inactivity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

inactivity in Hindi

quality of being inactive
निष्क्रियता niṣkriytā

inactivity in Tamil

quality of being inactive
செயலின்மை ceyaliṉmai

inactivity in Telugu

inactivity, laziness, idleness, indolence
అలసత alasata

inactivity in Malayalam

നിശ്ചേഷ്‌ടത, നിഷ്‌ക്രിയത്വം, ഉദാസീനത, മടി

Examples of inactivity in a sentence

  • Instead of detecting activity, the accelerometers can also be set to detecting inactivity, often also per axis.
  • Between these stages are symptomless periods of inactivity called latent periods.
  • The effects of inactivity on new receptor synthesis and denervation supersensitivity are mediated by Ca 2 influx (24 ).

All 10 example sentences with inactivity

Forms of inactivity

pluralinactivities

Origin of inactivity

From in- + activity or inactive + -ity.

Words formed from inactivity

Questions about inactivity

What does inactivity mean?
Inactivity means the quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
What is inactivity in Hindi?
Inactivity in Hindi is निष्क्रियता (niṣkriytā). See Inactivity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inactivity?
Inactivity is a noun.
How do you pronounce inactivity?
Inactivity is pronounced /ˌɪn.ækˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/.
What is the plural of inactivity?
The plural of inactivity is inactivities.

Words near inactivity in the dictionary

  1. inactives
  2. inactivism
  3. inactivist
  4. inactivists
  5. inactivities
  6. inactivity
  7. inactose
  8. inactuate
  9. inactuated
  10. inactuates
  11. inactuating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inactivity (page history and authors); అలసత (Telugu) (page history and authors); inactivity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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