be inactive
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“I said, ‘Look, we can do it but he’s probably going to be inactive for the whole year and be a developmental player.’
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
TPRX2 is thought to be inactive as a pseudogene, as an essential transcriptional activator in these initial phases of development.
From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024
A quarter of adults in England are currently deemed to be inactive, with more than 11m doing less than 30 minutes of activity in total a week.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023
The Jets signed veteran Trevor Siemian to the practice squad Tuesday, but Saleh said he’ll be inactive for New York’s game against Kansas City on Sunday night as he acclimates himself.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023
Van Dorn had hoped to take Corinth on the 3d, and now, being repulsed at every point, he beat a retreat, knowing Grant would not be inactive.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
