inaction

Other forms of inaction

plural

inactions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inaction

What does inaction mean?

inaction means "the state of being inactive".

How many syllables are in inaction?

inaction has 3 syllables: in-ac-tion. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnækʃən/.

What is another word for inaction?

Close synonyms include inactivity, inactiveness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inaction?

The recorded antonyms are action.

Is inaction a common word?

inaction is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.