INAC'TIVE, adjective [in and active.] Not active; inert; having no power to move. Matter is, per se, inactive
1. Not active; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle. Also, habitually idle; indolent; sluggish; as an inactive officer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.