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subactive

subactive adjective: having reduced activity; not fully active.

Adjective

subactive (comparative more subactive, superlative most subactive)

  1. Having reduced activity; not fully active.

Forms of subactive

comparativemore subactive
superlativemost subactive

Origin of subactive

From sub- + active.

Questions about subactive

What does subactive mean?
Subactive means having reduced activity; not fully active.
What part of speech is subactive?
Subactive is an adjective.

Words near subactive in the dictionary

  1. subacting
  2. subactinomorphic
  3. subaction
  4. subactions
  5. subactivating
  6. subactive
  7. subactivities
  8. subactivity
  9. subacts
  10. subacular
  11. subaculear

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