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inaction

ˌɪˈnækʃən
WordNet
View of an inactive glacier mill in Bernese Oberland
View of an inactive glacier mill in Bernese Oberland
  1. (n) inaction
    the state of being inactive
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Inaction
    Lack of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) inaction
    Want of action; abstention from labor; idleness; rest.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Inaction
    idleness: rest
Quotations
Winston Churchill
I never worry about action, but only inaction.
Winston Churchill
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.
Charles J. Givens
Roberto Goizueta
The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.
Roberto Goizueta
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
Doug Horton
Jimmy Connors
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.
Jimmy Connors
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Pref. in,. not + action,: cf. inaction,

Usage in the news

Absence no excuse for Bristol harbormaster's inaction. eastbayri.com

Robocalls falsely claim Oregon voters 'inactive'. ktvz.com

The Oregon secretary of state's office reported late Friday it has learned that Oregonians statewide are receiving robocalls saying the voter registration of someone in their household may be inactive -- in most cases, falsely . ktvz.com

Inaction on farm bill is frustrating for NCGA president. agrinews.com

"The FDA 's inaction on this matter is putting the health of thousands of salon workers and consumers at risk of dangerous formaldehyde exposure," they wrote. msnbc.msn.com

Few new names on Texans' inactive list. blog.chron.com

1 hr 0 min Inactive Prep: 4 hr 30 min Cook: 1 hr 5 min Total: 6 hr 35 min. theresident.com

Times 's revealing report on inaction after the WV coal mine explosion. cjr.org

Brandon Jacobs, frustrated over 'rotting away,' is inactive again. mercurynews.com

Climate Hawks and 'Reverse Tribalism': How Our Policy Choices Are Fueling Climate Inaction. forbes.com

Browns starting fullback Owen Marecic is among Cleveland's notable inactives against the San Diego Chargers. the-daily-record.com

CLEVELAND — Browns starting fullback Owen Marecic is among Cleveland's notable inactives against the San Diego Chargers. therepublic.com

Cleveland Browns fullback Owen Marecic was a surprise inactive for Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers, putting a question mark at that position. espn.go.com

Jacobs, who hurt his knee on his first rushing attempt of the preseason, was inactive for a fourth straight week. newsday.com

It is perhaps ironic that Frederick Gardiner 's beloved expressway would succumb in part to political inaction and indecision. thestar.com

Usage in scientific papers

When it has spawned a certain number of seeds, the node becomes inactive.
Multiagent Control of Self-reconfigurable Robots

The density of inactive sites is given by ρ − ρa and 1 − ρ is the density of empty sites.
Absorbing phase transition in a conserved lattice gas with random neighbor particle hopping

As the temperature is lowered, some of these singlets form at temperatures of order the typical exchange and become inactive.
Spin Reduction Transition in Spin-3/2 Random Heisenberg Chains

An inactive site is any site that is not active.
Finitely labeled generating trees and restricted permutations

When more detail is needed, we say that the entry π(i) is left-removable if i is an inactive site of π and right-removable if i + 1 is inactive, so every removable entry is either left-removable, right-removable, or both.
Finitely labeled generating trees and restricted permutations

Usage in literature

The inaction was unendurable. "The Traitors" by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

For the remaining part of the year 1811 both armies were inactive. "The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence" by William Lawrence

The inaction of this regiment lying behind us under that tree was very demoralizing to our men, setting them a bad example. "War from the Inside" by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

In older times, explorers of the frozen polar zones had to cope with inactivity, loneliness and despair. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930" by Various

He will not be inactive, if he can avoid being so. "The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX" by Various

The marvel of it was how he had developed this quality of defense in inactivity. "The Flockmaster of Poison Creek" by George W. Ogden

Grantline, stricken for that moment of inactivity, stood gazing. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930" by Various

Inactivity was no longer a feasible policy. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930" by Various

It was in vain that Laudon exerted all the powers of eloquence; the Russians remained in a state of inactivity and finally withdrew. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13" by Various

The memory of which a child is capable is far from inactive, even without the use of books. "Émile" by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Usage in poetry
Ye seas, in your eternal roar,
His sacred praise proclaim;
While the inactive sluggish shore
Re-echoes to the same.
What's friendship? The hangover's faction,
The gratis talk of outrage,
Exchange by vanity, inaction,
Or bitter shame of patronage.
Behold yon streamlet gliding by,
Whose waves are onward moving;
That image to the mind should be,
A spur to inactivity,
Each sluggish soul reproving.
I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.
Inaction, no falsifying dream
Between my hooked head and hooked feet:
Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.
Foremost of citizens and best of chiefs,
Within thy mind no weak inaction lay;
Leal to thy standards, firm in thy beliefs;
As quick to do, as others are to say.