nonreactive

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Strong, nonreactive and corrosion-resistant, titanium is the latest buzzword in cookware.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Spray a large, heavy, nonreactive soup pot with oil, and in it combine lentils, stock or water, chili, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, oregano, basil, thyme and bay leaves.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

But if he’s nonreactive, that’s not as important.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023

The plant provides the bacteria with energy; the bacteria take nonreactive nitrogen molecules from the air and turn them into ammonia and amino acids for the host.

From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2021

Dark matter is nonreactive to light and has so far eluded all efforts to prove its existence.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson