INACTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inactiveness mean? 

• INACTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun INACTIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being inactive

2. a disposition to remain inactive or inert

  Familiarity information: INACTIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INACTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being inactive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

inaction; inactiveness; inactivity

Hypernyms ("inactiveness" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inactiveness"):

stasis (inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces)

stagnancy; stagnation (inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation)

doldrums; stagnancy; stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))

rest (a state of inaction)

holding pattern (a state of inaction with no progress and no change)

extinction (no longer active; extinguished)

dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)

desuetude (a state of inactivity or disuse)

deep freeze (temporary inactivity or suspension)

calcification (an inflexible and unchanging state)

arrest; check; halt; hitch; stay; stop; stoppage (the state of inactivity following an interruption)

anergy (inactivity and lack of energy)

abeyance; suspension (temporary cessation or suspension)

Antonym:

activeness (the state of being active)

Derivation:

inactive (lacking activity; lying idle or unused)

inactive ((of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disposition to remain inactive or inert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inactiveness; inactivity; inertia

Context example:

he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work

Hypernyms ("inactiveness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inactiveness"):

restfulness (the attribute of being restful)

passiveness; passivity (the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative)

indolence; laziness (inactivity resulting from a dislike of work)

flatness; languor; lethargy; phlegm; sluggishness (inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy)

Antonym:

activeness (the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically)

Derivation:

inactive (not active physically or mentally)

inactive (lacking in energy or will)