Reverse Dictionary: INACTIVE

ADJECTIVES
► ACTLESS without action, inactive → 1682
► BOWBERT lazy, inactive → 1513 Sc. obs.
► DAMMISHED stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied → 1721 Sc.
► DAULING dull, inactive → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAUSEY ► DAWSIE ► DAWSY stupid, silly, bewildered; dull, inactive, doltish → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid → 1591 chiefly US
► DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid → a1862 chiefly US
► DEDA simple, foolish, of inactive mind and body → 19C Eng. dial.  
► DISABLEBODIED not able-bodied, not strong or active → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DO-LESS lacking energy, inactive, lethargic; lazy, shiftless → 1859 Amer. dial.
► DO-NOTHING doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; idle, indolent, inactive, lazy → 1832
► DUMPISH dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; dull, uninteresting; abstracted, insensible to outward things → 1545 obs.
► FECHIE-LEGHIE inactive; insipid → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► IN DRY DOCK inactive, unemployed; in quarantine; in hospital → 1927 colloq.
► INANIMATED spiritless, inactive, dull → 1753 obs.
► INERGETICAL without energy; sluggish, inactive → L17 obs.
► MARBEL feeble, inactive → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MERVIL inactive of mind or body → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MOTHBALL inactive, unused; stored away
► ON THE SHELF inactive; useless → colloq.
► ONFRACK not active, not alert → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► OONFERSELL inactive, inert, not lively, weakly → 1871 Sc.
► OTIANT inactive, indolent, doing nothing, at leisure, at ease → 1845 obs.
► QUIESCENT motionless, inactive, at rest → 1646
► SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless → 1802
► SWEER disinclined for effort, inactive; indolent, slothful → c725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SWEERT lazy, sluggish, reluctant, inactive, slothful, indolent → 1817 Sc.
► THEWLESS feeble, inactive → 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid → 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TOOM idle, inactive, unoccupied → a1340 obs.
► UNACTIVE inactive; indisposed or unable to act; hence, sluggish, slothful → 1591 obs.
► UNBAIN slow, inactive → a1470 obs.
► UNBUSIED idle, inactive → 1570
► UNFRACK not active, not alert → 1825 Sc.
► UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped → 1790 Eng. dial.
► UNHINGE inactive, stiff-jointed → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VEGETIVE leading a merely physical existence; dull, passive, inactive → 1882

ADVERBS
► UNACTIVELY inactively → 1611 obs.

NOUNS
► FAINEANTISE ‘do-nothing-ness’ ; indisposition to do anything; indifference, inactivity → a1684
► IDLESHIP inactivity, want of occupation, indolence → 1357 obs.
► INANITY want of active interest; idleness, inaction → 1782
► PARALYSIS BY ANALYSIS inaction produced by over-thinking a situation → 1971 US sl.
► SLACK a spell of inactivity, idleness → M19 sl.
► SOPITION n. a putting to sleep, making inactive, drowsy, etc. → 1646 obs.
► UNACTION inaction → 1698 obs.
► UNACTIVENESS inactivity → 1647 obs.
► UNACTIVITY inactivity → 1654 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BATIE-BRIM a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BATIE-BRIMMIL a useless bungler; a slowcoach; an inactive, helpless fellow → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BATIE-BUM a lazy or inactive fellow; an idler; a simpleton, a fool; a useless bungler → 1572 Sc., derogatory obs.
► BATIE-BUMMIL an inactive helpless fellow; a useless bungler; a simpleton; a fool→ a1550 Sc. obs.
► CABBAGE a stupid, dull-witted, inactive person; a silly person; a dolt; a blockhead → 1870 sl., derogatgory obs.
► DRUMBELO a dull, heavy, inactive fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► DRUMBLE a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse → 1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GLOIT a blockhead; a lubberly inactive fellow, a lout → 1788 Sc. obs.
► GLUNDIE ► GLUNDY ► GLUNNY an inactive person; a fool; a stupid person → 1788 Sc. obs.
► HAMLEG a lazy or inactive person → 1954 Amer. dial.
► IDOL an inert, inactive person → 1579 obs.
► LALL a lazy, inactive, useless person; a lounger; a dawdling child hanging about its mother → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MOPUS a simpleton; a dull, inactive, stupid, or ineffectual person; a worthless person; a dreamer → a1635 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PAULIE ► PAWLIE a slow, inactive person; a feeble, inanimate person → 1825 Sc.  
► REST MAN one who lives an inactive life → 1542 obs.
► TARLOCH a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman → 1825 Sc.
► VEGETABLE a dull, boring person who leads an inactive, undemanding, and monotonous life → 1988 sl. (Bk.)
► VEGETAL one who vegetates, one who lives a dull, monotonous, inactive life → 1626 obs.
► WALLIDRAGGLE a feeble, ill-grown person; a slovenly woman; an inactive person → 1825 Sc. (Bk.)
► WANDOCHT ► WANDOUGHT a weak, feeble, or puny person; a silly, inactive, worthless person → a1728 Sc.

VERBS
► ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE to be inactive, slow, or lethargic → c1960 Amer. dial.
► DAIBLE to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children → 1825 Sc.
► DULL to be inactive or sluggish; to drowse → 1430 obs.
► GET THE DUNT to rendered useless or inactive; esp. to be dismissed or rejected from a job or position → 1929 Sc.
► HAVE NEITHER GUT NOR GALL IN ONE to be a heartless, inactive person → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HIRPLE to be dull and inactive from the effects of severe cold or illness → 19C Eng. dial.
► LULL to become quiescent or inactive → 1850
► SOPITE vb. to put or lull to sleep; to make drowsy, dull, or inactive → 1542