adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Children whose parents are inactive are less likely to be active themselves.
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Haley was inactive for Saturday's game because of a knee injury.
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She dreads becoming old and inactive .
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The fault, which scientists had believed was inactive , caused a 6.5 earthquake.
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The virus can be inactive in the body for more than ten years.
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Very shy people often become socially inactive .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fullback Derrick Fenner has spent time on the inactive list.
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Men who are currently sexually inactive do not feel masculine during sport.
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Moreover by the 1750s the provincial parlements, hitherto relatively inactive , were increasingly following the lead of that of Paris.
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Serum was incubated with ID1, which bound active and inactive caeruloplasmin.