Usually means: Less active than normally expected.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. underactive: Merriam-Webster
  2. underactive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. underactive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. underactive: Vocabulary.com
  5. underactive: Wordnik
  6. underactive: Wiktionary
  7. underactive: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. underactive: Dictionary.com
  9. underactive: Rhymezone
  10. underactive: FreeDictionary.org
  11. underactive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. underactive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underactive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Less than normally active.

Similar:
hypoactive, inactive, inert, underanimated, undervitalized, weak, underexercised, listless, flaccid, slumbering, more...

Opposite:
overactive, hyperactive, stimulated

Types:
hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypopituitarism, hyperpituitarism, hypoparathyroidism, more...

Phrases:
underactive thyroid, Underactive bladder, more...

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Similar:
hypoactive, inactive, inert, underanimated, undervitalized, weak, underexercised, listless, flaccid, slumbering, more...

Opposite:
overactive, hyperactive, stimulated

Types:
hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypopituitarism, hyperpituitarism, hypoparathyroidism, more...

Phrases:
underactive thyroid, Underactive bladder, more...



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