unreactive

Questions about unreactive

What does unreactive mean?

unreactive means "(chemistry) not reacting chemically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unreactive?

unreactive has 4 syllables and divides as un-re-ac-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of unreactive?

The recorded antonyms are reactive.

Is unreactive a common word?

unreactive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.