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inert::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | inertness |
Examples of inert
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Within seven minutes after the ramps drop, Able Company is inert and leaderless.
From the theatlantic.com
Radefeld also said that Amratiel thought the grenade was just an inert souvenir.
From the stltoday.com
The money be largely inert from the standpoint of stimulating economic activity.
From the theatlantic.com
Trying to lug an inert, 70-pound pooch would not be conducive to my own survival.
From the ocregister.com
Two grenades were also turned over, but investigators determined they were inert.
From the suntimes.com
Injecting an inert saline solution reduced the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
From the newsweek.com
It turns out that DGAT1 can convert retinol to a relatively inert storage form.
From the sciencedaily.com
In most cases a good medium is described as inert which means it has no nutrient.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It features three inert prairie dogs in a pen, and a room-sized nativity scene.
From the economist.com
- Unable to move or resist motion
- Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
- Slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
- (inertness) immobility by virtue of being inert
- In English, to be inert is to be in a state of doing little or nothing.
- A substance that does not react chemically; unable to move or act; inanimate; sluggish or lethargic; in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds; having no therapeutic action
- (inerted) Filled with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion
- (inertly) In an inert manner
- (inertness) Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility; Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia; Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements
