nonactive

Example Sentences

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It could be that some of the nonactive ingredients in a given repellent are affecting how well they perform.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2022

Yet researchers have struggled to understand why patients given a nonactive therapy such as a sugar pill still feel relief.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2021

“And since I think that I became a nonactive guilty party, I also think I am not guilty.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2015

But when they do, he can tell the difference between the active and nonactive games.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2010

The VCR only expands the amount of time devoted to that peculiarly nonactive activity, and thus expands a market in which many producers can flourish as program suppliers.

From Time Magazine Archive