as in inertia
lack of action or activity
as a result of the park department's inaction, the city's pools are not ready to open for the summer
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Recent Examples of inaction
Last week, the Trump administration announced the cancellation of some $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, citing inaction on harassment of Jewish students.
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Nate Iglehart, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Waste Wars demonstrates the mounting consequences of such inaction: Residents of wealthier nations are jeopardizing much of the planet in exchange for the freedom to ignore the consequences of their own convenience.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Climate change is costly to ignore As the impacts of climate change grow in both frequency and magnitude, the costs of inaction are increasing.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
It was used in the Silence = Death campaign to raise awareness about the AIDS epidemic, and to criticize the government's inaction on the virus.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Nate Iglehart, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Waste Wars demonstrates the mounting consequences of such inaction: Residents of wealthier nations are jeopardizing much of the planet in exchange for the freedom to ignore the consequences of their own convenience.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Climate change is costly to ignore As the impacts of climate change grow in both frequency and magnitude, the costs of inaction are increasing.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
It was used in the Silence = Death campaign to raise awareness about the AIDS epidemic, and to criticize the government's inaction on the virus.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaction. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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