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inactivity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inactivity

1 lack of action or activity

the inactivity outside the school led me to think that it must have been vacation week

Synonyms of inactivity

dormancy, idleness, inaction, inertness, nonaction, quiescence

Words Related to inactivity

indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, shiftlessness, sleepiness, sloth, sluggishness

dallying, loafing, lolling, lounging

Near Antonyms of inactivity

animateness, briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, peppiness, robustness, sprightliness, vibrancy, vivacity

assiduity, assiduousness, business, diligence, employment, industriousness, industry, occupation

Antonyms of inactivity

action, activeness, activity

2 lack of use

after weeks of inactivity, the car wouldnʼt start

Synonyms of inactivity

desuetude, disuse, idleness

Words Related to inactivity

abandonment, desertion, neglect

abeyance, dormancy, latency, quiescence

Antonyms of inactivity

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