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nonactive

nonactive adjective: not active; inactive; inert.

Adjective

nonactive (not comparable)

  1. Not active; inactive; inert.
    Synonyms:
    abeyant, dormant, latent

Synonyms of nonactive

Origin of nonactive

From non- + active.

Questions about nonactive

What does nonactive mean?
Nonactive means not active; inactive; inert.
What part of speech is nonactive?
Nonactive is an adjective.

Words near nonactive in the dictionary

  1. nonactivated
  2. nonactivating
  3. nonactivation
  4. nonactivational
  5. nonactivatory
  6. nonactive
  7. nonactively
  8. nonactivism
  9. nonactivist
  10. nonactivistic
  11. nonactivists

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