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inactivity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.ækˈtɪ.vɪ.ti/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity ▲ Latin in- ▲ Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English inactivity From in- + activity or inactive + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
   • Shepard: How do the Reapers survive out in dark space? Vigil: We have only theories. The researchers here came to believe the Reapers enter prolonged states of inactivity to conserve energy. Vigil: This allows them to survive the thousands and thousands of years it takes for organic civilization to rebuild itself. But in this state, they are vulnerable. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Ilos:
   • Painters depicted Idle Hours (see fig. 99), reverie, solitude, and other themes that reflected Americans' new willingness to eschew productivity, and they sold their canvases to patrons who enjoyed both the inactivities portrayed and seeing themselves portrayed in inactivities. 1994, Helene Barbara Weinberg, Doreen Bolger, David Park Curry, American Impressionism and Realism:

Forms

Deriveds

masterly inactivity

Translations (41)

uk бездія́льність (quality of being inactive) · nn inaktivitet (quality of being inactive) · sk neaktivita (quality of being inactive) · mi patekotanga (quality of being inactive) · pl bezczynność (quality of being inactive) · fr inactivité (quality of being inactive) · sv overksamhet (quality of being inactive) · be нячы́ннасць (quality of being inactive) · ro inactivitate (quality of being inactive) · pt inatividade (quality of being inactive) · nl inactiviteit (quality of being inactive) · cs nečinnost (quality of being inactive) · de Untätigkeit (quality of being inactive) · ta செயலின்மை (quality of being inactive) · es inactividad (quality of being inactive) · hy անգործություն (quality of being inactive) · be бясчы́ннасць (quality of being inactive) · es ociosidad (quality of being inactive) · it inattività (quality of being inactive) · be бяздзе́йнасць (quality of being inactive) · bg безде́йствие (quality of being inactive) · la ignavia (quality of being inactive) · bg неакти́вност (quality of being inactive) · sk nečinnosť (quality of being inactive) · gl inactividade (quality of being inactive) · la dēsidia (quality of being inactive) · da inaktivitet (quality of being inactive) · fi epäaktiivisuus (quality of being inactive) · sv inaktivitet (quality of being inactive) · el αδράνεια (quality of being inactive) · hi निष्क्रियता (quality of being inactive) · ru безде́йствие (quality of being inactive) · ca inactivitat (quality of being inactive) · mk неактивност (quality of being inactive) · kk әрекетсіздік (quality of being inactive) · sl nedejavnost (quality of being inactive) · fi toimimattomuus (quality of being inactive) · nb inaktivitet (quality of being inactive) · hu tétlenség (quality of being inactive) · ga neamhghníomhaíocht (quality of being inactive) · uk безчи́нність (quality of being inactive)