Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack or absence of action.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of action; abstention from labor; idleness; rest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Want of
action oractivity ;forbearance fromlabor ;idleness ;rest ;inertness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being inactive
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Examples
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That my inaction is an excuse made valid by a diagnosis.
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That we, as a nation, could condone these actions through our inaction is appalling and attrocious.
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BOUDREAU: Fuld told Congress that the failure of Lehman Brothers centered around what he called inaction on the part of the government, and a loss of confidence in the financial markets.
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Local authorities say much of the activity is linked to the Republican National Convention Welcoming Committee, a self-proclaimed anarchist group that released a statement Wednesday saying it was motivated by a range of issues, from the cost of the Iraq war to what it called inaction on global warming.
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BOUDREAU: Fuld told Congress that the failure of Lehman Brothers centered around what he called inaction on the part of the government, and a loss of confidence in the financial markets.
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O'BRIEN: "The Washington Post" reported over the weekend that U.S. officials in Washington are alarmed by what they call the inaction of the Iraqi Governing Council.
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A number of MPs criticised what they termed inaction on the part of the New National Party-Democratic Party provincial coalition government.
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Udupi: The Janapara Vedike on Saturday demanded a thorough probe into what they described as inaction by various authorities over the 19 murders allegedly committed by Kanyana Mohan Kumar, who was arrested in Mangalore on October 21.
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Udupi: The Janapara Vedike on Saturday demanded a thorough probe into what they described as inaction by various authorities over the 19 murders allegedly committed by Kanyana Mohan Kumar, who was arrested in Mangalore on October 21.
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Udupi: The Janapara Vedike on Saturday demanded a thorough probe into what they described as inaction by various authorities over the 19 murders allegedly committed by Kanyana Mohan Kumar, who was arrested in Mangalore on October 21.
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"... I dont judge people by their fathers actions - or inactions..."
- Prison Break
March 29, 2009