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   In·ert

   /iˈnərt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. lacking the ability or strength to move: "she lay inert in her bed" Similar unmovingmotionlessimmobilestillstock-stillstationarystaticdormantsleepingunconsciousout coldcomatoselifelessinanimateinsensiblesenselessinsensateinsentientinactiveidleindolentslacklazyloafingslothfuldullsluggishlethargicstagnantlanguidlistlesstorpidunconcernedapatheticindifferentinformal:dead to the worldarchaic:fainéantrare:soporosesoporousotioseOpposite movingactive
   • ▪ lacking vigor: "an inert political system"
   • ▪ chemically inactive. Similar chemically inactive

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inertly adverb
   • 2. inertness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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