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  • noun Absence of activity.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ activity

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Examples

  • And, of course, there is the nonactivity of lounging around your hotel and taking a dip in the pool, something I highly recommend come noontime, when, although I visited in 70-degrees October, the humidity can still be brutal.

    The Mekong's Last Undiscovered City Kevin Sintumuang 2011

  • And so this is a situation that's very complicated and complex because you basically have a case of economic nonactivity, so whether-

    President Gingrich? 2011

  • Had it not been for this enforced nonactivity, I would never have been still long enough to have devoured Sudden Spring.

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • Had it not been for this enforced nonactivity, I would never have been still long enough to have devoured Sudden Spring.

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • Had it not been for this enforced nonactivity, I would never have been still long enough to have devoured Sudden Spring.

    The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010

  • So I'll just end it here and spare you all from rampage of utter mental nonactivity.

    hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004

  • A few people with fire cannot break a history of nonactivity.

    Evolutionary Leadership Susan Annunzio Julie Liesse 2001

  • After months of nonactivity, Neonopolis in downtown Las Vegas will soon have new tenants that could revitalize the dormant non-casino area at the end of Fremont St. At the very least, it will provide some new jobs.

    Las Vegas News Blog 2009

  • I didn’t know beauty pageants had all of these rules regarding sexual nonactivity.

    RAMBLINGS ABOUT THE MISS NAVAJO PAGEANT » Sociological Images 2008

  • In rare moments of nonactivity, Auberon likes to sit here on his own, enjoying the room’s noble proportions, and considering the many things that worry and console him.

    Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004

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