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nonaction

  • a word derived from action.
    action
    noun
    the process or state of acting or of being active.

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Practicing nonaction brings one in harmony with the dao.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

I think this a real opportunity for nonaction.

From Slate Dec. 31, 2019

He witnessed the cost of political nonaction in 2004.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2018

It has to escalate so that heads of state, heads of government, will consider the social, financial, and human costs of nonaction.

From Science Magazine Oct. 14, 2015

In any and every situation, nonaction is never a sane and rational approach.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers