INACTIV'ITY, noun [in and activity.] Inertness; as the inactivity of matter. 1. Idleness, or habitual idleness; want of action or exertion; sluggishness.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
INACTIV'ITY, noun [in and activity.] Inertness; as the inactivity of matter. 1. Idleness, or habitual idleness; want of action or exertion; sluggishness.
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