inactivity n
1. the state of being inactive [syn: inaction, inactiveness] [ant: action, action, action]
2. a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn: inactiveness, inertia] [ant: activeness]
3. being inactive; being less active [ant: activity]

Inactivity \In`ac*tiv"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inactivit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness. The gloomy inactivity of despair. --Cook.

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