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Meaning of निष्क्रिय in English

  • Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
  • Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.
  • In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.
  • A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
  • Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.
  • Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
  • Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral; -- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in distinction from other forms which are optically active; as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
  • Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
  • Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
  • Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
  • Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.
  • of Neutralize
  • Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
  • Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission.
  • Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive.
  • Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
  • In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly.
  • As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
  • Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
  • Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
  • Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
  • Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
  • Light-headed; foolish.
  • To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
  • To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

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