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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless, lazy |
| Synonyms: | desk, desk-bound, idle, inactive, seated, settled, sitting, sluggish, stationary, torpid |
| Antonyms: | activated, active, energetic, mobile, moving |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | do-nothing, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, motionless, passive, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, unoccupied, unresponsive |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | sitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in seated position |
| Synonyms: | in situ, lotus, sedentary, situated |
| Antonyms: | standing |
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