Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or character of being inactive; want of action or exertion; indisposition to act or exert one's self; sluggishness.
- noun Synonyms See
idle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being inactive; inertness.
- noun Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; lack of energy; sluggishness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
inactive ;idleness ;passiveness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- noun the state of being inactive
- noun being inactive; being less active
Etymologies
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Examples
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The phrase a wise and masterly inactivity was used in America by Representative John Randolph of Roanoke: We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of allespecially for young physicianswe ought to throw in no medicine at allto abstainto observe a wise and masterly inactivity.
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Still, Montaigne goes on to argue that sending 55-60 year-olds into inactivity is too soon, that their vocations and employments should be extended as far as possible.
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"The appearance of inactivity is just an illusion," he said.
Judge says he will rule on Va. health-care challenge by end of the year Rosalind S. Helderman 2010
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Ian Gershengorn, a deputy assistant attorney general arguing for the administration, responded that "the appearance of inactivity is just an illusion."
Judge to Rule by Year End in Virginia Health-Care Suit Janet Adamy 2010
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"The appearance of inactivity is just an illusion," he said.
Judge says he will rule on Va. health-care challenge by end of the year Rosalind S. Helderman 2010
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"The appearance of inactivity is just an illusion," he said.
Federal judge says he'll rule on Virginia's health care challenge by Jan. 1 Rosalind Helderman 2010
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"The appearance of inactivity is just an illusion," he said.
Va. Politics: Judge says he'll rule on health-care challenge by Jan. 1 Rosalind S. Helderman 2010
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Regulating inactivity is EXPLICITLY permitted, so long as it is necessary and proper to the regulation of interstate commerce.
Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010
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"The appearance of inactivity is just an illusion," he said.
Judge says he will rule on Va. health-care challenge by end of the year Rosalind S. Helderman 2010
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The restlessness of enforced inactivity is setting in.
one foot up and the other foot down-- matociquala 2008
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