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Meaning of "unreactive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNREACTIVE

unreactive  [ˌʌnrɪˈæktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNREACTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unreactive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNREACTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unreactive in the English dictionary

The definition of unreactive in the dictionary is not readily partaking in chemical reactions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNREACTIVE


abreactive
ˌæbrɪˈæktɪv
active
ˈæktɪv
bioactive
ˌbaɪəʊˈæktɪv
electroactive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈæktɪv
hyperactive
ˌhaɪpərˈæktɪv
hyperreactive
ˌhaɪpərɪˈæktɪv
inactive
ɪnˈæktɪv
interactive
ˌɪntərˈæktɪv
neuroactive
ˌnjʊərəʊˈæktɪv
nonradioactive
ˌnɒnˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪv
nonreactive
ˌnɒnriːˈæktɪv
overactive
ˌəʊvərˈæktɪv
photoactive
ˌfəʊtəʊˈæktɪv
proactive
prəʊˈæktɪv
psychoactive
ˌsaɪkəʊˈæktɪv
radioactive
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈæktɪv
reactive
rɪˈæktɪv
retroactive
ˌrɛtrəʊˈæktɪv
superactive
ˌsuːpərˈæktɪv
vasoactive
ˌveɪzəʊˈæktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNREACTIVE

unreachable
unreached
unread
unreadability
unreadable
unreadableness
unreadably
unreadily
unreadiness
unready
unreal
unrealisable
unrealised
unrealism
unrealistic
unrealistically
unreality
unrealizable
unrealize
unrealized

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNREACTIVE

addictive
alternative
attractive
collective
constrictive
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
reflective
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of unreactive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unreactive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNREACTIVE

Find out the translation of unreactive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unreactive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unreactive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无反应
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no reactivo
570 millions of speakers

English

unreactive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unreactive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خامل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нереакционноспособными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unreactive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবিক্রিয়াশীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réactif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak aktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht reaktiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反応しない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반응성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unreactive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unreactive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिसाद न देणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reaktif olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unreactive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reaktywne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нереакционноспособниє
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reactivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδρανής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onreaktief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oreaktiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unreactive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unreactive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREACTIVE»

The term «unreactive» is regularly used and occupies the 63.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREACTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unreactive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNREACTIVE»

Discover the use of unreactive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unreactive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis
Homogeneous catalysis is the success story of organometallic chemistry. Reactions with transition metals are now ubiquitous in organic synthesis.
Shinji Murai, 1999
2
Activating Unreactive Substrates: The Role of Secondary ...
It thus adopts an interdisciplinary approach, making it of interest to the whole chemical community. A must for chemists.
Carsten Bolm, F. Ekkehardt Hahn, 2009
3
Homogeneous Catalysis for Unreactive Bond Activation
This book offers a comprehensive overview of different catalytic reactions applied to the activation of chemical bonds.
Shi, Zhang-Jie Shi, 2014
4
Inorganic Chemistry
In contrast to the reactive alkali metals (1 st main group or 1 st group of the periodic system), the coinage metals are noble (unreactive). Their first ionization potentials are much higher than those of the alkali metals from the same period, and ...
Egon Wiberg, Nils Wiberg, 2001
5
Organic Mechanisms: Reactions, Stereochemistry and Synthesis
1.7. Stabilization by overlap of a singly occupied 2pz AO with the vicinal nonorthogonal free electron pair of an oxygen atom. 1.2.2. Unreactive. Radicals. Just as several alkyl substituents increasingly stabilize a radical center (Table ...
Reinhard Bruckner, Michael Harmata, 2010
6
Utilization of Amino Acids in Corn Distillers Dried Grains ...
This Lys is called unreactive Lys, whereas Lys that is not bound to reducing sugars is called reactive Lys. It has been suggested that the conventional procedure to measure standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of Lys in DDGS may ...
Ameer Alolod Pahm, 2008
7
Zinc Oxide Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic ...
Thus relatively unreactive metals such as Au, Pd, and Pt that form eutectics with Zn display rectifying l-V characteristics and increases in ~2.1 eV defect emission, particularly at elevated temperatures. Conversely, more reactive metals such as ...
Cole W. Litton, Thomas C. Collins, Donald C. Reynolds, 2011
8
Footprints in the Soil: People and Ideas in Soil History
Restricting and thereby delaying drainage lessened losses of molybdate- unreactive phosphate, probably because suspended material carrying it was allowed to settle. Increasing the spacing between mole channels from 2 m to 4 m increased ...
Benno P Warkentin, 2006
9
Nitrogen and the Elements of Group 15
Nitric. Acid,. Dyes,. and. Plastics. Although nitric acid is mostly used to produce ammonium nitrate, it is also an important ingredient in the manufacturing of dyes and plastics. Nitric acid and metals Unreactive metals, such as copper, do not ...
Nigel Saunders, 2004
10
Reactive Halogen Compounds in the Atmosphere
If the lifetime is less than about one year, the gases are considered to be " reactive"; if it is between 1-10 years, the gases are "moderately reactive"; and if the lifetimes are longer, the gases are "unreactive" and are not removed in the lower ...
Peter Fabian, Onkar N. Singh, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNREACTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unreactive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Polymer chemistry Put a ring on it
... and this enables fast intramolecular metathesis with the normally unreactive cyclohexene alkene. Because of the relative positioning of the alkyne and alkene, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Buckyballs in Space Solve 100-Year-Old Riddle
... that buckyballs absorbed when encased in an unreactive frozen solid, and astrophysicists had quickly found a tentative match to DIB patterns in the cosmos. «Scientific American, Jul 15»
3
Copper catalysis overcomes double bond trouble
'We were surprised that compounds we normally think unreactive work so well,' Buchwald tells Chemistry World. Although 20,000 tonnes of the simplest ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jul 15»
4
This week in ETFs: Gold price unreactive to continuing Greek crisis
Equity markets performed broadly poorly last week and this week eyes will be on those politicians looking for a solution to the ongoing Greek problems. «Hargreaves Lansdown, Jun 15»
5
Greenhouse gas: why nitrous oxide is no laughing matter for the …
Nitrogen is an essential element for life, but it is mostly present as an unreactive gas, dinitrogen (N2), which only a few organisms can use directly. Agriculture ... «The Conversation UK, Jan 15»
6
Twisting activity from amides
The premise of externally induced conformational activation of unreactive C–H bonds is one that should be considered more widely. Karl Collins (@karlDcollins) ... «Chemistry World, Oct 14»
7
The Gases of Life are Not Pollutants
It is a very stable, unreactive gas, but micro-organisms in the soil and some plants are able to extract nitrogen from the atmosphere, making it available to ... «American Thinker, Aug 14»
8
Clean future energy in ammonia
In its structure, nature keeps hydrogen under control by binding it to atoms of nitrogen, a virtually unreactive element. Natural compounds of ammonia drew ... «The National, Aug 14»
9
Collaboration of minds and metal leads to possible shortcut to new …
Jointly reported June 5 in the journal Science, the reaction presented a direct bond between traditionally unreactive coupling partners, a difficult connection to ... «Princeton University, Jun 14»
10
Melting ice caps may slow negative effects of global warming
Despite being the fourth most abundant element in Earth's crust, it is mostly not biologically available because it is largely present as unreactive minerals in ... «Economic Times, May 14»

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