(military) not involved in military operations | (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being |
not active physically or mentally | characterized by energetic activity |
(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly | tending to become more severe or wider in scope |
lacking activity; lying idle or unused | disposed to take action or effectuate change |
lacking in energy or will | (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt |
(of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct | (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting |
not exerting influence or change | full of activity or engaged in continuous activity |
not engaged in full-time work | exerting influence or producing a change or effect |
not in physical motion | engaged in full-time work |
(chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert | expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: |
| (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions |
| in operation |
| taking part in an activity |
| engaged in or ready for military or naval operations |