The Clue
Sedentary (8 letter answer)
The Answer
INACTIVE
Tags
Notes
The answer INACTIVE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dormant
Quiescent
Retired
Slothful
Sluggish
Still
Not working
Like Mount St. Helens, now
Definition
INACTIVE as an adjective:
1. not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
2. not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
3. (nonoperational, inactive) = not involved in military operations
4. not exerting influence or change
5. (dormant, inactive) = of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
6. (passive, inactive) = lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
7. lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
8. not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member of the department"
9. not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
10. (inactive, motionless, static, still) = not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"