inaction
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dormancy, idleness, inactivity, inertness, nonaction, quiescence
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Today, students in dozens of international cities took part in the Global Climate Strike, a worldwide rally that saw hundreds of thousands of youth protest government inaction in tackling climate change. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, "Scenes From the Student-Led Global Climate Strike," 15 Mar. 2019 Earlier Monday Boyer vented about his dilemma on Facebook, fed up with inaction from Duke customer service. — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, "Man finds out he pays Ohio River bridge's electric bill," 30 Apr. 2018 There are allegations in Courtney Smith’s account—her claims in her Stadium interview that her abuse was met with inaction by people close to her—that are truly heartbreaking. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Urban Meyer and the God Complex in College Sports," 3 Aug. 2018 Republicans huddled privately for two hours without a clear resolution on a seemingly intractable issue that pits conservative hard-liners aligned with President Trump against moderates frustrated with inaction. — Mike Debonis, BostonGlobe.com, "Ryan promises compromise ‘dreamers’ immigration bill despite GOP’s split," 8 June 2018 Gun-control groups have been spurred on by a younger generation impatient with inaction. — Lisa Marie Pane And Jamie Stengle, chicagotribune.com, "NRA agenda stalls despite gun-friendly Congress, president," 2 May 2018 The free-rider problem should not be an excuse for inaction. — Todd Davidson, Fortune, "Commentary: We Should Prepare for Climate Change Like We Prepare for War," 17 Apr. 2018 First, there’s Twitter’s bias toward inaction on almost all things; second, there’s its terror of being called partisan by conservatives or by Congress. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Why Facebook banned Alex Jones — and Twitter didn’t," 11 Aug. 2018 While the Fed’s inaction toward reinvestment is a welcome sign of continued economic confidence by the agency, investors have been richly rewarded during its extraordinary measures. — Tom Hudson, miamiherald, "Testing the tempers of investors," 30 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inaction.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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