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to inaction
noun
Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
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There are consequences to inaction.
It's not an ethical obligation, but it's preferable to inaction.
Integrity need not have relegated you to inaction and remorse.
This conflict further increases the chances of litigation and contributes to inaction.
Perhaps they had simply become accustomed to inaction from the man dubbed the "do nothing mayor".
Tea is everywhere in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," which is an ode to inaction and paralysis.
Garrulousness has its uses, in politics as elsewhere, but people here say it too often leads to inaction.
Even as he passively listens to his cellphone ringing, Mr. Schreiber brings an electrified energy to inaction.
Meanwhile in theatre, Bertolt Brecht decried the cathartic capacity of the arts claiming that it reduced the audience to inaction.
As daunting as the crisis looks, there is a cost to inaction — in human suffering, regional instability and damage to America's global standing.
What is most disingenuous about Cameron's speech is the direct statement that any opposition to his unworkable proposals amounts to inaction.
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