Definition of "unactive" [un•ac•tive]

• Not active; inactive. (adjective)

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• "In Paradise Regained, Jesus, who has hitherto lived "private, unactive, calm, contemplative," emerges to be tested by temptation and so made ready for the "great work ... before him set.""
• "Till then, the idea in the mind of whatever is good is there only, like other ideas, the object of bare unactive speculation; but operates not on the will, nor sets us on work; the reason whereof I shall show by and by."
• "Where birth is respected, unactive, spiritless minds remain in haughty indolence, and dream of nothing but pedigrees and genealogies: the generous and ambitious seek honour and authority, and reputation and favour."