Read the dictionary definition of inactive. All definitions for this word.
1. not active physically or mentally
1. illness forced him to live an inactive life
2. dreamy and inactive by nature
2. not engaged in full-time work
1. inactive reserve
2. an inactive member
3. lacking activity; lying idle or unused
1. an inactive mine
2. inactive accounts
3. inactive machinery
4. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
5. lacking in energy or will
1. Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself
6. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
1. a dormant volcano
7. not exerting influence or change
8. not in physical motion
1. the inertia of an object at rest
9. (military) not involved in military operations
10. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert
1. desired amounts of inactive chlorine
