inactivity
When you're lying around being lazy, you're in a state of inactivity — you're not doing anything. Some animals, like cats, typically have hours of inactivity every day.
Your inactivity might be a symptom of boredom or exhaustion, since it's characterized by slowness, sluggishness, and a general lack of energy and motion. Inactivity in the middle of the night is perfectly normal, but your daytime inactivity will make it difficult to get anything done. The noun inactivity adds the prefix in-, "not" or "opposite of" to activity, which comes from a Latin root, actus, "a doing, a driving, or an impulse."
Definitions of inactivity
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the state of being inactive
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synonyms:
inaction, inactiveness
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Antonyms:
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action, activeness, activity
the state of being active
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abeyance, suspension
temporary cessation or suspension
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anergy
inactivity and lack of energy
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arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
the state of inactivity following an interruption
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calcification
an inflexible and unchanging state
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deep freeze
temporary inactivity or suspension
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desuetude
a state of inactivity or disuse
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dormancy, quiescence, quiescency
a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
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extinction
no longer active; extinguished
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holding pattern
a state of inaction with no progress and no change
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rest
a state of inaction
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doldrums, stagnancy, stagnation
a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
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stagnancy, stagnation
inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
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stasis
inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
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cold storage
in a state of abeyance or postponement
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deferral, recess
a state of abeyance or suspended business
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moratorium
suspension of an ongoing activity
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stand-down, standdown
a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
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hibernation
cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
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aestivation, estivation
(zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
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slumber
a dormant or quiescent state
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countercheck
a check that restrains another check
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logjam
any stoppage attributable to unusual activity
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type of:
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state
the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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action, activeness, activity
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being inactive; being less active
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activity
any specific behavior
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pause
temporary inactivity
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wait, waiting
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
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ease, relaxation, repose, rest
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
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idleness, idling, loafing
having no employment
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delay, holdup
the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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break, disruption, gap, interruption
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
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break, recess, respite, time out
a pause from doing something (as work)
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falter, faltering, hesitation, waver
the act of pausing uncertainly
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intermission
the act of suspending activity temporarily
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freeze, halt
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
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bed rest, bedrest
confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons)
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laziness
relaxed and easy activity
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lie-in
a long stay in bed in the morning
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dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping
quiet and inactive restfulness
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leisure
freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
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dolce far niente
carefree idleness
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demurrage
detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
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forbearance
a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
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deferment, deferral, postponement
act of putting off to a future time
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cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
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lag, retardation, slowdown
the act of slowing down or falling behind
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dalliance, dawdling, trifling
the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
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filibuster
(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
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lingering, tarriance
the act of tarrying
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type of:
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act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
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activity
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a disposition to remain inactive or inert
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synonyms:
inactiveness, inertia
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activeness, activity
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
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flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm, sluggishness
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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restfulness
the attribute of being restful
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passiveness, passivity
the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
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indolence, laziness
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
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apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
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faineance, idleness
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
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shiftlessness
a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
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trait
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
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activeness, activity
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