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Definitions

unreactive

ADJECTIVE
inert
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dormant immobile impotent inactive listless motionless paralyzed passive powerless
WEAK
apathetic asleep dead down dull idle impassive inanimate indolent languid languorous lazy leaden numb phlegmatic quiescent quiet slack sleepy slothful sluggard sluggish slumberous static still stolid torpid unmoving unresponsive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
able active busy lively mobile moving potent strong
WEAK
alive animated working

Example Sentences

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A currently unexplained phenomenon is the loss of the unreactive gas xenon from our atmosphere more than 2.5 billion years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

In addition to being lighter than air, helium is staunchly unreactive, making it useful for manufacturing sensitive products such as computer chips.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 5, 2023

Nitrogen is very unreactive because of the very strong triple bond between the nitrogen atoms.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

It is also reasonably cheap, unreactive and easy to purify.

From Economist • Jan. 11, 2018

UK-based Econic Technologies has invented a way of encouraging CO2 - a typically unreactive gas - to react with the petrochemical raw materials used in the making of many plastics.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2017

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