  The concept of mean inactivity time plays a crucial role in reliability, risk
theory and life testing. In this regard, we introduce a weighted mean
inactivity time function by considering a non-negative weight function. Based
on this function, we provide expressions for the variance of transformed random
variable and the weighted generalized cumulative entropy. The latter concept is
an important measure of uncertainty which is shift-dependent and is of interest
in certain applied contexts, such as reliability or mathematical neurobiology.
Moreover, based on the comparison of mean inactivity times of a certain
function of two lifetime random variables, we introduce and study a new
stochastic order in terms of the weighted mean inactivity time function.
Several characterizations and preservation properties of the new order under
shock models, random maxima and renewal theory are discussed.
