inert
1. unable to move or resist motion (Freq. 2)
• Similar to:
nonmoving, unmoving
• Derivationally related forms:
inertness
2. having only a limited ability to react chemically;
chemically inactive (Freq. 1)
- inert matter
- an indifferent chemical in a reaction
• Syn:
indifferent, neutral
• Similar to:
unreactive
• Derivationally related forms:
neutrality (for: neutral)
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
3. slow and apathetic
- she was fat and inert
- a sluggish worker
- a mind grown torpid in old age
• Syn:
sluggish, soggy, torpid
• Similar to:
inactive
• Derivationally related forms:
torpidness (for: torpid), torpidity (for: torpid), sluggishness (for: sluggish), inertness
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