Filtering entity state in template

Hi, in a template is it possible to filter/exclude 2 states of an entity?

sensor:
- name: "Heating State"
      unique_id: "heating_state"
      icon: mdi:fire
      state: >
         {% if is_state_attr('climate.smarther_thermostat','hvac_action','idle') %}
           INACTIVE
         {% else %}
           ACTIVE
         {% endif %}

When the entity “climate.smarther_thermostat” becomes unavailable or unknown, the template returns the ACTIVE result.

Is it possible to ignore these 2 states in the template? Or alternatively, that the unknown/unavailable state returns INACTIVE instead of ACTIVE.

Thanks

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