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What is the adjective for inaction?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb inactivate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

inactive
  1. Not active, temporarily or permanently.
  2. Not functioning or operating; broken down
  3. Retired from duty or service.
  4. (chemistry) Relatively inert.
  5. (physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. lethargic, sluggish, lazy, slow, indolent, sedentary, torpid, dull, slothful, passive, sleepy, dozy, lifeless, listless, quiescent, quiet, stagnant, unenergetic, languishing, lax, limp, somnolent, vegetating, blah, down, draggy, slack, do-nothing, inert, idle, heavy, drowsy, slow-moving, apathetic, languid, enervated, lackadaisical, flat, dormant, static, languorous, dopey, comatose, supine, snoozy, tired, depressed, phlegmatic, laggard, slumberous … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “I've actually grown to appreciate my rest days because I don't view them as lazy, inactive days, but rather as free, unstructured ones.”
      “The satellite has been inactive since its launch two years ago.”
      “The office printer is inactive pending repair.”
inactivated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of inactivate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deactivated, stopped, disarmed, disabled, halted, incapacitated, immobilised, immobilized, scuppered, unplugged, idled, made inoperative, rendered inactive, rendered inoperative, turned off, prevented from working, put out of action, rendered inoperable, crippled, paralysed, paralyzed, disenabled, jammed, hamstrung, hamstringed, kiboshed, impaired, debilitated, brought to a halt, knocked out, prevented from moving, brought to a screeching halt, brought to a standstill, rendered incapable, threw monkey wrench in, thrown monkey wrench in, taken out, took out, defused, put out of commission, made safe, neutralized, neutralised, arrested, seized, brought to a grinding halt, made harmless, become unable to move, become stuck, seized up … more
inactivating
  1. present participle of inactivate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deactivating, stopping, disarming, disabling, halting, incapacitating, immobilising, immobilizing, scuppering, unplugging, idling, making inoperative, rendering inactive, rendering inoperative, turning off, preventing from working, putting out of action, rendering inoperable, crippling, paralysing, paralyzing, disenabling, jamming, hamstringing, impairing, debilitating, kiboshing, taking out, bringing to a screeching halt, bringing to a halt, rendering incapable, knocking out, preventing from moving, bringing to a standstill, throwing monkey wrench in, defusing, neutralizing, making safe, neutralising, freezing, arresting, seizing, bringing to a grinding halt, putting out of commission, becoming stuck, seizing up, grinding to a halt, becoming unable to move, becoming immobilized, making harmless … more
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