adjective
- not activated; not made active or operational
Usage: technical; often used in scientific or medical contexts
Examples
- The nonactivated cells remained in their dormant state.
- Scientists studied the nonactivated form of the enzyme.
- The nonactivated alarm system failed to detect the intrusion.
- Nonactivated carbon has different properties than its activated counterpart.
- The medication contains nonactivated ingredients as well.
- Researchers compared activated and nonactivated samples.