Examples of inaction in a Sentence
The protesters criticized the administration's inaction on environmental issues.
We must consider the consequences of continued inaction.
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Outsourcing the job to non-state actors allows aggressors to avoid activating the terms that trigger action in security alliances, making the reputational damage of inaction by the security guarantor much lower.
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Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Was this a deliberate inaction by Suarez?
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Every day of inaction brings us closer to a crisis.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Beijing, willing to back any regime regardless of its ideology or tactics, has stepped into the breach left by Washington’s inaction.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Omar Al-Ubaydli, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Was this a deliberate inaction by Suarez?
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Every day of inaction brings us closer to a crisis.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Beijing, willing to back any regime regardless of its ideology or tactics, has stepped into the breach left by Washington’s inaction.
—Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaction. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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inaction
noun
in·ac·tion
(ˈ)in-ˈak-shən 
: lack of action or activity : idleness
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