inactive
Example Sentences
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The attendants uniformly considered themselves inactive and worried that their lack of exercise was undermining their health.
From Washington Post
The numbers required to be blocked include invalid, inactive and unused numbers, as well as those identified by the phone number’s owner, a well-known public entity or the government as never sending texts.
From Washington Times
SEDENA, which oversees the army, also did not respond to additional questions about allegations that it included "inactive" labs on seizure lists and that the figures lacked credibility.
From Reuters
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College estimates that about 21 million vested retirement accounts in the United States are inactive, meaning that they are eligible to be tapped but sit dormant instead.
From New York Times
Together with a ban on texts from invalid or inactive numbers, blocking spoofed numbers could pose a significant hurdle to robotexters.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
