inaction

Example Sentences

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Second, behavioral therapy outcomes should be audited with the costs of inaction in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But overcoming that fear and engaging in collective action will build momentum, and a type of muscle memory, where the new rule becomes action and not inaction.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

“Local law enforcement must not be complicit through silence or inaction when federal agents overstep legal and ethical boundaries,” Duarte said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The authors concluded that sometimes an "individual seeing the inaction of others, will judge the situation as less serious than he would be if he were alone".

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

The forced inaction of their position seemed to gall him more than the others.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie