Synonyms for inactivity
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1. inactivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspension

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

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1. inaction, inactivity, inactivenessnoun

   the state of being inactive

   Synonyms:
   inactiveness, inertia, inaction

   Antonyms:
   activity, action, activeness

2. inactiveness, inactivity, inertianoun

   a disposition to remain inactive or inert

   "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

   Synonyms:
   inactiveness, inertia, inaction

   Antonyms:
   activity, action, activeness

3. inactivitynoun

   being inactive; being less active

   Synonyms:
   inertia, inactiveness, inaction

   Antonyms:
   action, activity, activeness

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1. inactivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   inaction, inertness, laziness, indolence, idleness, sloth, supineness, torpor, torpidity, sluggishness, fabian policy

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1. inactivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   inaction, passivity, inertia, lethargy, dormancy, stagnation, torpor, latency, sloth, fabian policy

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1. List of paraphrases for "inactivity":

   inaction, olf, idle, idleness, inactive, disuse, inertia, passivity, downtime, non-participation, non-action

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1. Gunther Neumayr:

   Walking and hiking are the original forms of motion and should be more recommended by public health campaigns to face this epidemic of inactivity.

2. Gregory Knell:

   There is not one silver bullet to overcoming the physical inactivity epidemic, our cities, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, entertainment venues and transportation systems have all been designed to promote physical inactivity.

3. Georges Benjamin:

   We know very clearly that things such as educational attainment, access and utilization of things like tobacco, physical inactivity, nutrition, the location of if they have access to things like grocery stores, all those things matter at the county level and at the local level.

4. Rasmus Tolstrup Larsen:

   In a post-covid time, the need for focus on behavioural change in relation to physical activity and inactivity is as urgent as ever before, modern physical activity monitors( wearables, smart watches or fitness-trackers) have the potential to be used as facilitators for behavioural change, providing direct feedback on activity to the user.

5. Said Hanson:

   I think the perfect storm of COVID fears, locking down two-thirds of the population for 15 months, the self-induced recession, the Trump derangement syndrome, the George Floyd death, the 120 days of riots, the inactivity and inability to get people to meet one another, the crazy election, all of that was the spark or the fuse that lit the preexisting problems.