unactive

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ active.

Adjective

unactive (comparative more unactive, superlative most unactive)

  1. Not active; inactive.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost, lines 618–622:
      Man hath his daily work of body or mind
      Appointed, which declares his dignity,
      And the regard of heav'n on all his ways;
      While other animals unactive range,
      And of their doings God takes no account.

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