Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the state of being inactive
  • noun a disposition to remain inactive or inert

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word inactiveness.

Examples

  • My big issue is house prices - the root of much that is wrong, not least the inactiveness of the middle-classes in the face of outright treachery.

    Kneel Before the Tree God Newmania 2007

  • Newmania said ... the inactiveness of the middle-classes in the face of outright treachery.

    Kneel Before the Tree God Newmania 2007

  • The biggest enemy facing us as coloured people is 'self marginalisation' through our inactiveness in decision-making structures and not being involved in struggles to resolve people's concerns.

    CONTENTS 2008

  • The biggest enemy facing us as coloured people is 'self marginalisation' through our inactiveness in decision-making structures and not being involved in struggles to resolve people's concerns.

    The myth of coloured marginalisation 2008

  • Mirsulzhan notices inactiveness of the Kyrgyz blogosphere, but uploads a photo of the Kyrgyzstan's State Flag on the Government's House with the muslims moon and star pictures in its flagpole (KYR).

    neweurasia.net 2009

  • Mirsulzhan notices inactiveness of the Kyrgyz blogosphere, but uploads a photo of the Kyrgyzstan's State Flag on the Government's House with the muslims moon and star pictures in its flagpole (KYR).

    neweurasia.net Mirsulzhan Namazaliev 2009

  • In 1975 I became disillusioned with Marxism and became an anarchist (thanks to Kuwasi Balagoon) due to the inactiveness and ineffectiveness of Marxism in our communities along with repressive bureaucracy that comes with Marxism.

    Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends 2009

  • Mirsulzhan notices inactiveness of the Kyrgyz blogosphere, but uploads a photo of the Kyrgyzstan's State Flag on the Government's House with the muslims moon and star pictures in its flagpole (KYR).

    neweurasia.net 2009

  • Somehow after 5 years of inactiveness, everything gathered momentum.

    Museum Blogs 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.