1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
The gloomy inactivity of despair.
Cook. Inactose
(In*ac"tose) n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.
Inactuate
(In*ac"tu*ate) v. t. To put in action. [Obs.]
Inactuation
(In*ac`tu*a"tion) n. Operation. [Obs.]
Inadaptation
(In*ad`ap*ta"tion) n. Want of adaptation; unsuitableness.
Inadequacy
(In*ad"e*qua*cy) n. [From Inadequate.] The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes.
Dr. T. Dwight. Inadequate
(In*ad"e*quate) a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inadéquat.] Not adequate; unequal to
the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
Dryden.
— In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv. — In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.
Inadequation
(In*ad`e*qua"tion) n. Want of exact correspondence. [Obs.] Puller.
Inadherent
(In`ad*her"ent) a.
1. Not adhering.
2. (Bot.) Free; not connected with the other organs.
Inadhesion
(In`ad*he"sion) n. Want of adhesion.
Inadmissibility
(In`ad*mis`si*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. inadmissibilité.] The state or quality of being inadmissible,
or not to be received.
Inadmissible
(In`ad*mis"si*ble) a. [Pref. in- not + admissible: cf. F. inadmissible.] Not admissible; not
proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or
explanation. — In`ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
Inadvertence
(In`ad*vert"ence) ; pl. -ces Inadvertency
(In`ad*vert"en*cy) ; pl. - cies n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many
mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers.
Jer. Taylor. 2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works
of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact.
Addison. Syn. — Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.
