How to Use inactive in a Sentence

inactive

adjective
Definition of inactivenext
Synonyms for inactivenext
  • Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.
  • Each of the groups is thought to be inactive at this time.
    — Kelsee Majette, The Week, 16 May 2022
  • The junior has been inactive in two of the last three weeks.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Ehlinger served as the backup the past three weeks with Foles inactive.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Melanocytes—the cells that make the skin pigment, melanin—are thought to be inactive in a Spitz nevus.
    — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Of those who got the inactive placebo, 43% died in the two-and-a-half-year time span of the study, but of those who received tafadamis, 30% died.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • He’s been inactive for the Chiefs’ three playoff games.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The state also collects idle well fees, which can run up to $1,500 a year for each inactive well.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Gagne said Jill's cell phone has not been active since that date, and that Nicholas' has been inactive since June 29, per the Globe.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • James was inactive for the game with a minor foot injury.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • This also means that a few inches away from the screen, the cursor is inactive, as are the buttons.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Robinson was in sweats on Friday and will be inactive for a fourth straight game.
    — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Zinc is needed to convert the inactive form of testosterone into the active form in the body.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 25 July 2023
  • Pat Spencer was also inactive for a third straight game.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
  • The committee, chaired by Kline, has been inactive since last spring.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Last year, Tolbert was inactive for the Week 1 game against Tampa Bay.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Johnson was inactive for the team's first two playoff games.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Swift has been dating the Chiefs' Travis Kelce for months, but the star tight end was ruled inactive for the final game of the regular season.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • He was cleared in time for Sunday’s game against Arizona but was inactive.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Jamal Cain was inactive, saving the count of NBA days on his two-way contract.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Herring has been inactive for most of the season while Davis and Dean rotate in as backups.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • On the System screen, the app shows any active or inactive speakers on your Wi-Fi network.
    — PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Sam Roberts: Another healthy scratch for the youngster — his third straight inactive to start the season.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The move means that the septet will become temporarily inactive as a group.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Heat played the Pacers three times last season, twice in Indianapolis, and Oladipo was inactive for all of them.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2022
  • That plant has been inactive since 2018 because of neighbors’ protests.
    — John Yoon Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • This was a formal idea: one body active, the other inactive.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • Paschal suffered a knee injury in last week's win over the Chicago Bears and is inactive today.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2022
  • By December, Weili will have been inactive for eight months.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Jameis Winston, who had been made inactive as the emergency third-string quarterback ahead of the Browns’ game against the Bengals, finished the game for Cleveland.
    — Jill Martin, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024

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