be inactive
Example Sentences
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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
The team told Adams before Monday’s game that he would be inactive and Adams then decided not to attend the game with Carroll saying he was “at home.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
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 miserable thing is to be inactive onlookers, not to be able to lift a hand to help ourselves forward.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof
