inaction

Noun

Meaning

Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inactivity inactiveness rest failure absence default silence suspension neutrality inertia neglect latency negligence paralysis omission
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Antonyms

action hopper transfiguration development work process
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Hypernyms

state

Hyponyms

rest stop stay check arrest extinction

Phrases with the word

presidential inaction calculated inaction

Anagrams

nicotian aconitin

Examples

I never worry about action, but only about inaction. Winston Churchill

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. John F. Kennedy

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. Meister Eckhart

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. Bill Gates

The dreaming man makes excuses for his inaction and places a fools cap on his head. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

inacquiescent inactigram inactinic inactionable inactivable inactivatable