inaction

  • 11Inaction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inaction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction passiveness abstinence from action Sgm: N 1 noninterference noninterference Sgm: N 1 Fabian policy Fabian policy conservative policy Sgm: N 1 neglect neglect &c.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 12INACTION — s. f. Cessation de toute action. Être dans l inaction. Des troupes qui restent dans l inaction. Tirer une personne de son inaction …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 13INACTION — n. f. Absence ou cessation de toute action. être dans l’inaction. Des troupes qui restent dans l’inaction. Tirer une personne de son inaction …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 14Inaction —          CHIRAC (Jacques)     Bio express : Homme d État français (1932 )     «La montée des extrémismes, c est toujours la sanction de l inaction.»     Source : Discours, entretiens et autres sources     Mot(s) clé(s) : Extrémisme Inaction …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 15inaction — [[t]ɪnæ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft with poss (disapproval) If you refer to someone s inaction, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing. He is bitter about the inaction of the other political parties …

    English dictionary

  • 16inaction — in|ac|tion [ınˈækʃən] n [U] the fact that someone is not doing anything ▪ Several newspapers have criticized the President for inaction …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17inaction — in|ac|tion [ ın ækʃən ] noun uncount the failure to do anything, especially when you should do something: the government s record of inaction on this issue …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18inaction — noun (U) the fact that someone is not doing anything: Several newspapers have criticized the President for his inaction …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19inaction — UK [ɪnˈækʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the failure to do anything, especially when you should do something the government s record of inaction on this issue …

    English dictionary

  • 20inaction — nf. inakchon (Albanais). A1) v. , rester dans l inaction : sobrâ vi. (St Jean Aulps, Samoëns, Tarentaise) …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard