inaction

From French inaction.

Morphologically in- +‎ action.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈækʃən/

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inaction (countable and uncountable, plural inactions)

1. Lack of action or activity or labor

   Synonyms: idleness, rest, inertness, inertia

   Antonym: action

   • 2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 35:

     Hmm, yes, 'negotiations' is an interesting choice of words given that ministers have steadfastly refused to meet the unions for the past year; a clear case of industrial inaction.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “inaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• aconitin, intonaci, nicotian

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sjɔ̃/

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inaction f (plural inactions)

1. inactivity

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

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