Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-AC-CESS'I-BLY, adv.

So as not to be approached. Warton.

IN-AC'CU-RA-CY, n. [from inaccurate.]

Want of accuracy or exactness; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, an inaccuracy in writing, in a transcript, or in a calculation.

IN-AC'CU-RATE, a. [in and accurate.]

Not accurate; not exact or correct; not according to truth; erroneous; as, an inaccurate man; he is inaccurate in narration; the transcript or copy is inaccurate; the instrument is inaccurate.

IN-AC'CU-RATE-LY, adv.

Not according to truth; incorrectly; erroneously. The accounts are inaccurately stated.

IN-AC-QUAINT'ANCE, n.

Unacquaintance. Good.

IN-AC-QUI-ES'CENT, a.

Not acquiescing.

IN-AC'TION, n. [Fr.; in and action.]

Want of action; forbearance of labor; idleness; rest. Pope.

IN-AC'TIVE, a. [in and active.]

1. Not active; inert; having no power to move. Matter is, per se, inactive.
2. Not active; not diligent or industrious; not busy; idle. Also, habitually idle; indolent; sluggish; as, an inactive officer.

IN-AC'TIVE-LY, adv.

Idly; sluggishly; without motion, labor or employment.

IN-AC-TIV'I-TY, n. [in and activity.]

1. Inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
2. Idleness, or habitual idleness; want of action or exertion; sluggishness. Swift.

IN-AC'TU-ATE, v.t.

To put in action. [Not used.] Glanville.

IN-AC-TU-A'TION, n.

Operation. [Not used.] Glanville.

IN-AD-APT-A'TION, n.

A state of being not adapted or fitted. Dick.

IN-AD'E-QUA-CY, n. [from inadequate.]

1. The quality of being unequal or insufficient for a purpose. The inadequacy and consequent inefficiency of the alledged causes. Dwight.
2. Inequality, Dr. Price considers this inadequacy of representation as our fundamental grievance. Burke.
3. Incompleteness; defectiveness; as, the inadequacy of ideas.

IN-AD'E-QUATE, a. [in and adequate, L. adæquatus, from adæquo, to equal.]

1. Not equal to the purpose; insufficient to effect the object; unequal; as, inadequate power, strength, resources.
2. Not equal to the real state or condition of a thing; not just or in due proportion; partial; incomplete; as, inadequate ideas of God, of his perfections, or moral government; an inadequate compensation for services.
3. Incomplete; defective; not just; as, inadequate representation or description.

IN-AD'E-QUATE-LY, adv.

Not fully or sufficiently; not completely.

IN-AD'E-QUATE-NESS, n.

The quality of being inadequate; inadequacy; inequality; incompleteness.

IN-AD-E-QUA'TION, n.

Want of exact correspondence. Puller.

IN-AD-HE'SION, n. [s as z. in and adhesion.]

Want of adhesion; a not adhering. Porcelain clay is distinguished from colorific earths by inadhesion to the fingers. Kirwan.

IN-AD-MIS-SI-BIL'I-TY, n. [from inadmissible.]

The quality of being inadmissible, or not proper to be received; as, the inadmissibility of an argument, or of evidence in court, or of a proposal in a negotiation.

IN-AD-MIS'SI-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and admissible, from admitto, to admit.]

Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition.

IN-AD-MIS'SI-BLY, adv.

In a manner not admissible.

IN-AD-VERT'ENCE, or IN-AD-VERT'EN-CY, n. [Fr. inadvertance, from L. in, and advertens, adverto. See Advert.]

1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence.
2. The effect of inattention; any oversight, mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author. Addison.

IN-AD-VERT'ENT, a. [L. in and advertens.]

Not turning the mind to; heedless; careless; negligent.

IN-AD-VERT'ENT-LY, adv.

Heedlessly; carelessly; from want of attention; inconsiderately.