Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
INACTIVITY
inactivity
(noun) being inactive; being less active
inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
(noun) a disposition to remain inactive or inert; “he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work”
inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(noun) the state of being inactive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inactivity (countable and uncountable, plural inactivities)
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ac*tiv"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inactivité.]
1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness. The gloomy inactivity of despair. Cook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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