Inactive fellow trod awkwardly around (7)
I believe the answer is:
dormant
'inactive' is the definition.
(I know that inactive can be written as dormant)
'fellow trod awkwardly around' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'awkwardly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'trod' is an anagram of 'dort'.
'man' inserted within 'dort' is 'DORMANT'.
(Other definitions for dormant that I've seen before include "Inert" , "Hibernating" , "Inactive, but not dead" , "Deeply sleeping" , "Suspended" .)