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One night, frustrated with inaction and disgusted with fossil fuel use, he sat at his computer and calculated the sources of all his own emissions so he could go about reducing them.

The government stimulus that kept millions of Americans from falling into poverty earlier in the pandemic is long gone, and new aid is still a dot on the horizon after months of congressional inaction.

However, the consequences of inaction were even more terrifying.

Still, the rapid mobilization of support shows how lawmakers from both parties are trying to come up with a compromise quickly after months of inaction.

The last two weekly unemployment reports show further worrisome signs, as new unemployment claims rose, and economists say further inaction from Congress in the face of a public health crisis could derail the fledgling recovery.

Fuming Iranian officials blamed the United States and United Kingdom for backing the militants, and Pakistan for inaction.

There should be no more excuses for inaction on violence against women.

After acknowledging that there has been a “bend in the curve” and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction.

The report also showed that the cost of preventing violence is far less expensive than the cost of inaction.

Will inaction lead to a more deeply entrench conflict—more violence and death—or will the problem go away on its own?

Their apparent inaction most wondered, very many murmured, some were alarmed, and Mr O'Connell laughed at.

If nothing is done during infancy inaction operates generally as an affirmation.

But even while chiding the Earl for inaction, Perrott admitted that want of provisions was a fair excuse.

Suddenly reduced to enforced inaction, David felt his strong and valiant soul bow beneath the weight of a great despair.

He takes a pleasure in work; is happy inaction; and hates both clerical and secular indifference.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inaction, such as: inactivity, inertia, passivity, stagnation, acedia, and deferral.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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