Examples of inaction in a Sentence
The protesters criticized the administration's inaction on environmental issues.
We must consider the consequences of continued inaction.
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The reality that inaction carries more political peril than reform may now be dawning among members of the Beltway class.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
Especially when climate inaction is already hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.
—Ben Jealous, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
But without that pressure, the cost of inaction could be catastrophic and long lasting and will affect people far beyond the walls of higher education.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
That inaction has left Missouri open to abuse with little oversight, the report found.
—Kacen Bayless
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
Especially when climate inaction is already hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.
—Ben Jealous, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
But without that pressure, the cost of inaction could be catastrophic and long lasting and will affect people far beyond the walls of higher education.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
That inaction has left Missouri open to abuse with little oversight, the report found.
—Kacen Bayless
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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“Inaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaction. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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inaction
noun
in·ac·tion
(ˈ)in-ˈak-shən 
: lack of action or activity : idleness
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