"unaction" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From un- + action. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|action}} un- + action Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unaction (uncountable)
  1. Lack or absence of action; an act of no action Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-unaction-en-noun-VFdcifs6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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          "text": "Elise's findings were published in 1965 as a chapter in Behavioral Science and Human Survival. Noting that this was, indeed, an “unaction,” as there was no real national organization, she found that many of the women who participated had not previously been active in civic or political organizational affairs.",
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          "text": "The reformers and most of the Protestant commentators, on the contrary, more naturally understand the oil to signify the principle of a living faith, or the unaction of the Holy Spirit, or more generally: inward spiritual life the grace of God in the heart, and the lamps, the outward Christian appearance and profession (Luther, less aptly: good works).",
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