inaction

See also: in action

English

Etymology

From French inaction.

Morphologically in- +‎ action.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈækʃən/

Noun

inaction (countable and uncountable, plural inactions)

Lack of action or activity or labor
Synonyms: idleness, rest, inertness, inertia

Related terms

Translations

lack of action or activity

Armenian: անգործություն (hy) (angorcutʿyun)
Belarusian: бяздзе́йнасць f (bjazdzjéjnascʹ), нячы́ннасць f (njačýnnascʹ), бясчы́ннасць f (bjasčýnnascʹ)
Bulgarian: безде́йствие (bg) n (bezdéjstvie)
Catalan: inacció (ca) f
Czech: nečinnost f
Esperanto: senagado
Finnish: toimettomuus (fi)
French: inaction (fr) f
German: Untätigkeit (de) f, Tatenlosigkeit f, Trägheit (de) f, Nichtstun (de) n
Greek: αδράνεια (el) f (adráneia), απραξία (el) f (apraxía)
Ancient: ἀπραξία f (apraxía)
Hungarian: tétlenség (hu)
Italian: inazione (it) f
Polish: bezczynność (pl) f
Portuguese: inação (pt) f
Romanian: inacțiune (ro) f
Russian: безде́йствие (ru) n (bezdéjstvije)
Slovak: nečinnosť f
Slovene: nedejavnost f, nedelavnost f
Spanish: inacción (es) f
Swedish: overksamhet (sv) c
Ukrainian: бездія́льність (uk) f (bezdijálʹnistʹ), безчи́нність (uk) f (bezčýnnistʹ)

References

inaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
inaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

aconitin, intonaci, nicotian

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.nak.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

inaction f (plural inactions)

inactivity

Descendants

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

Further reading

“inaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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