Example sentences for: inaction

How can you use “inaction” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When the Sudanese refused to hand over three individuals identified as involved in the assassination plot, the UN Security Council passed a resolution criticizing their inaction and eventually sanctioned Khartoum in April 1996.

  • We argue that there is currently a short window of opportunity to take action to control the HIV epidemic in Nepal—and that inaction will lead to HIV becoming the biggest killer of the young and middle-aged in the next decade.

  • The Bush administration's approach to the unfolding disaster in Yugoslavia might be characterized as inaction backed up by indifference.

  • The international community is debating whether continued inaction would be: 1) prudent because it is important to maintain good relations with Indonesia; 2) foolish, since Indonesia's inability to maintain peace makes intervention inevitable; or 3) hypocritical in light of the United Nations' active role in Kosovo.

  • "That should not be an excuse for inaction.


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