inaction

Example Sentences

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Second, behavioral therapy outcomes should be audited with the costs of inaction in mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But overcoming that fear and engaging in collective action will build momentum, and a type of muscle memory, where the new rule becomes action and not inaction.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

The authors concluded that sometimes an "individual seeing the inaction of others, will judge the situation as less serious than he would be if he were alone".

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Even for members who aren’t fully convinced of the policy, the optics of inaction have become increasingly difficult to defend.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

“We have: One, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov