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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Actors speak and react to Rajab’s own desperate voice, while the film, set wholly within the Red Crescent’s beigely neutral offices, conjures a fraught ticking-clock atmosphere as precious minutes of inaction pass by.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The strategic cost of inaction, from intelligence loss to personnel risk, far outweighs the investment in advanced protection.
—Michael Evanoff, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Those who support some legal restrictions on guns, often Democrats, say that Republican politicians who appeal to prayer are trying to distract from their own inaction on such things as red flag laws or stricter background checks on gun purchases.
—Peter Smith, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
Themes span from how inaction and silence can result in complicity, and how the system turns against those who attempt to change it from within.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The strategic cost of inaction, from intelligence loss to personnel risk, far outweighs the investment in advanced protection.
—Michael Evanoff, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Those who support some legal restrictions on guns, often Democrats, say that Republican politicians who appeal to prayer are trying to distract from their own inaction on such things as red flag laws or stricter background checks on gun purchases.
—Peter Smith, Twin Cities, 30 Aug. 2025
Themes span from how inaction and silence can result in complicity, and how the system turns against those who attempt to change it from within.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaction. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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inaction
noun
in·ac·tion
(ˈ)in-ˈak-shən 
: lack of action or activity : idleness
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