inaction

See also: in action

English

Etymology

From French inaction, from in- + action.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈækʃən/

Noun

inaction (countable and uncountable, plural inactions)

1. Lack of action or activity or labor

   Synonyms: idleness, rest, inertness, inertia

Related terms

• inactive
• inactively
• inactivity

Translations

want of action or activity

• Bulgarian: бездействие (bg) n (bezdejstvie)
• Catalan: inacció (ca) f
• Esperanto: senagado
• Finnish: toimettomuus (fi)
• French: inaction (fr) f
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• German: Untätigkeit f, Tatenlosigkeit f, Trägheit (de) f, Nichtstun (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπραξία f (apraxía)

• Hungarian: tétlenség (hu)
• Portuguese: inação (pt) f
• Russian: безде́йствие (ru) n (bezdéjstvije)
• Spanish: inacción (es) f

References

• “inaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “inaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• intonaci, nicotian

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

inaction f (plural inactions)

1. inactivity

Descendants

• Russian: безде́йствие (bezdéjstvije), безде́ятельность (bezdéjatelʹnostʹ) (calques)