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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 wouldn't start.
Synonyms of inactivity

desuetude, disuse, idleness
Words Related to inactivity

abandonment, desertion, neglect

abeyance, dormancy, latency, quiescence
Antonyms of inactivity

use

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