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Webster 1913 Edition


Inactivity

Inˊac-tiv′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
inactivité
.]
1.
The state or quality of being inactive; inertness;
as, the
inactivity
of matter
.
2.
Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; lack of energy; sluggishness.
The gloomy
inactivity
of despair.
Cook.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inactivity

INACTIV'ITY

,
Noun.
[in and activity.] Inertness; as the inactivity of matter.
1.
Idleness, or habitual idleness; want of action or exertion; sluggishness.