remain inactive
Frequency: 7.011.8 per million words
to continue in a state of not being active.
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- The dormant volcano is expected to remain inactive for centuries.
- Following the surgery, the patient was advised to remain inactive for a month.
- Experts are hopeful that the new strain of the virus will remain inactive.
- The old industrial complex has remained inactive since the company moved out.
- Despite numerous appeals, the committee chose to remain inactive on the proposed changes.
- It is essential for the chemical compound to remain inactive until activated by light.
- The security system is programmed to remain inactive during daylight hours.
- Many animals remain inactive throughout the hottest part of the day to conserve energy.
- He decided to remain inactive in the contentious debate, preferring not to take sides.
- Her membership had remained inactive for so long that it was eventually cancelled.