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Synonyms and Antonyms of inaction
lack of action or activity as a result of the park department's inaction, the city's pools are not ready to open for the summer Synonyms dormancy, idleness, inactivity, inertness, nonaction, quiescence Related Words indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, shiftlessness, sleepiness, sloth, sluggishness; dallying, loafing, lolling, lounging Near Antonyms animateness, briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, peppiness, robustness, sprightliness, vibrancy, vivacity; assiduity, assiduousness, business, diligence, employment, industriousness, industry, occupation Antonyms action, activeness, activity
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