Marked by a lack of action or activity

• inoperative

  1. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken
  2. No longer in force; countermanded:
  3. Not operative; not working; not functioning; without effect

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  1. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken
  2. No longer in force; countermanded:
  3. Not operative; not working; not functioning; without effect

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• inert

  1. Tending to be physically or mentally inactive; dull; slow
  2. Having inertia; without power to move, act, or resist
  3. Having or exhibiting little or no activity, esp. chemical activity

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  1. Tending to be physically or mentally inactive; dull; slow
  2. Having inertia; without power to move, act, or resist
  3. Having or exhibiting little or no activity, esp. chemical activity

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• idle

  1. Not in use or operation:
  2. Lacking substance, value, or basis:
  3. Not employed or busy:

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  1. Not in use or operation:
  2. Lacking substance, value, or basis:
  3. Not employed or busy:

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Not occupied or put to use

• vacant

  1. Not held, filled, or occupied, as a position or office
  2. Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled:
  3. Lacking expression; blank:

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  1. Not held, filled, or occupied, as a position or office
  2. Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled:
  3. Lacking expression; blank:

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• unused

  1. Not in use or put to use.
  2. Never having been used.
  3. Not used

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  1. Not in use or put to use.
  2. Never having been used.
  3. Not used

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• unemployed

  1. Not being used; idle
  2. Not employed; without work

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  1. Not being used; idle
  2. Not employed; without work

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• idle

  1. Not in use or operation:
  2. Not employed or busy:
  3. Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:

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  1. Not in use or operation:
  2. Not employed or busy:
  3. Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:

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Existing in a temporarily inactive form or state

• sleeping

  1. Asleep.
  2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

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  1. Asleep.
  2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

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• quiescent

  1. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord:
  2. (Astronomy) Having little or no sunspot activity.
  3. Quiet; still; inactive

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  1. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord:
  2. (Astronomy) Having little or no sunspot activity.
  3. Quiet; still; inactive

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• latent

  1. (Biology) Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes:
  2. Present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped within a person or thing, as a quality, power, or talent
  3. Present or potential but not evident or active:

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  1. (Biology) Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes:
  2. Present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped within a person or thing, as a quality, power, or talent
  3. Present or potential but not evident or active:

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• dormant

  1. Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so:
  2. (Heraldry) Lying down in a sleeping position
  3. Sleeping

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  1. Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so:
  2. (Heraldry) Lying down in a sleeping position
  3. Sleeping

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• abeyant

  1. Being in a state of abeyance. [Mid 19^th century.]

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  1. Being in a state of abeyance. [Mid 19^th century.]

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Inert

• still

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• stable

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Indolent

• lethargic

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• sluggish

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• sedentary

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• idle

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