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in·ert  (n-ûrt)
adj.
1. Unable to move or act.
2. Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic. See Synonyms at inactive.
3. Chemistry Not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds.
4. Having no pharmacologic or therapeutic action.

[Latin iners, inert- : in-, not; see in-1 + ars, skill; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

in·ertly adv.
in·ertness n.

inert
Adjective
1. without the power to move or to resist motion
2. inactive or lifeless
3. having only a limited ability to react chemically [Latin iners unskilled]

inert  (n-ûrt)
Not chemically reactive.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inert - unable to move or resist motion
nonmoving, unmoving - not in motion
2.inert - having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
unreactive - (chemistry) not reacting chemically
3.inertinert - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

inert
Translations
Spanish inert [ɪˈnəːt] adjinerte, inactivo (= immobile); inmóvil
French inert [ɪˈnəːt] adjinerte
German inert [ɪˈnəːt] adjunbeweglich;
inert gas → Edelgas nt

Italian inert [ɪˈnəːt] adjinerte

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After some time they began to think themselves ill-treated in the appointment of so inert a Ruler, and sent a second deputation to Jupiter to pray that he would set over them another sovereign.
These they were filling with water and placing over a number of fires near the stake where the dying victim now hung, an inert and bloody mass of suffering.
This it is, that for ever keeps God's true princes of the Empire from the world's hustings; and leaves the highest honors that this air can give, to those men who become famous more through their infinite inferiority to the choice hidden handful of the Divine Inert, than through their undoubted superiority over the dead level of the mass.
 
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