Home › Words › U › unactionunactionunaction means lack or absence of action; an act of no action.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, unaction ranks #12,941 of 42,785 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom un- + action.nounLack or absence of action; an act of no actionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.actionlessness 85% match — Absence of action. vs unaction →inaction 85% match — Lack of action or activity or labor vs unaction →actlessness 81% match — Absence of an act; failure to act; inaction. vs unaction →nonactivity 77% match — Absence of activity. vs unaction →actionless 72% match — Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring. vs unaction →unactiveness 71% match — inactivity vs unaction →unacted 68% match — Not acted. vs unaction →inertness 68% match — Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion vs unaction →