noun
1. the state of being inactive
• Syn: ↑inaction, ↑inactiveness
• Ant: ↑activeness (for: ↑inactiveness), ↑activity, ↑action (for: ↑inaction)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inactive (for: ↑inactiveness), ↑inactive
• Hypernyms: ↑state
• Hyponyms:
↑abeyance, ↑suspension, ↑anergy, ↑arrest, ↑check, ↑halt, ↑hitch, ↑stay, ↑stop, ↑stoppage, ↑calcification, ↑deep freeze, ↑desuetude, ↑dormancy, ↑quiescence, ↑quiescency, ↑extinction, ↑holding pattern, ↑rest, ↑stagnation, ↑stagnancy, ↑doldrums, ↑stasis
2. a disposition to remain inactive or inert
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he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work
• Syn: ↑inactiveness, ↑inertia
• Ant: ↑activeness (for: ↑inactiveness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inactive, ↑inactive (for: ↑inactiveness)
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
↑languor, ↑lethargy, ↑sluggishness, ↑phlegm, ↑flatness, ↑restfulness, ↑passivity, ↑passiveness, ↑indolence, ↑laziness
3. being inactive; being less active
• Ant: ↑activity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑inactive
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.