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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With little to show for the effort, Newsom has started blaming local governments, arguing that their inaction hinders progress.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
Ritter, Rojas and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, proclaimed themselves satisfied with the annual session, even if scores of bills will die from inaction, as occurs every year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Which people deserve our protection, in the form of asylum or refugee status, has become a kind of proxy fight, waged by successive Presidents operating on the margins of congressional inaction.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
Unanticipated construction costs and inaction by the city created significant delays.
—Jack Rodriquez-Vars, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
Ritter, Rojas and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, proclaimed themselves satisfied with the annual session, even if scores of bills will die from inaction, as occurs every year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Which people deserve our protection, in the form of asylum or refugee status, has become a kind of proxy fight, waged by successive Presidents operating on the margins of congressional inaction.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
Unanticipated construction costs and inaction by the city created significant delays.
—Jack Rodriquez-Vars, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaction. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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inaction
noun
in·ac·tion
(ˈ)in-ˈak-shən 
: lack of action or activity : idleness
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