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inert [ɪnˈɜːt] adj 1. having no inherent ability to move or to resist motion 2. inactive, lazy, or sluggish 3. (Chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; unreactive [from Latin iners unskilled, from in-1 + ars skill; see art1] inertly adv inertness n
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inert adjective 1. inactive, still, motionless, dead, passive, slack, static, dormant, lifeless, leaden, immobile, inanimate, unresponsive, unmoving, quiescent, torpid, unreactive, slumberous (chiefly poetic) He covered the inert body with a blanket inactive moving, active, mobile, living, vital, alive, energetic, animated, responsive, reactive, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal) 2. dull, dry, boring, plain, static, commonplace, tedious, dreary, tiresome, lifeless, monotonous, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, unimaginative, uninteresting, vapid, torpid The novel itself remains oddly inert. Translations inert [ɪˈnɜːt] ADJ (= inanimate) [substance, gas] → inerte; (= motionless) → inerte, inmóvil he lay inert on the floor → estaba inerte or inmóvil en el suelo inert adj inert [iˈnəːt] 1 without the power to move A stone is an inert object. bewegingloos لا حِراكَ فيه неподвижен nehybný død träge αδρανής inerte liikumatu بی حرکت liikkumaton inerte לא נָע अक्षम, गतिहीन inertan, nepokretan tehetetlen, élettelen tanpa daya gerak hreyfingarlaus, líflaus inerte 活動力のない 불활성의 inertinis nekustīgs tanpa daya gerak inert død, inaktiv bezwładny inerte inert инертный nehybný negiben inertan dött [] เฉื่อยชา hareketsiz, eylemsiz 無活動力的 інертний; нейтральний ناقابل حرکت trơ 无活动力的 2 (of people) not wanting to move, act or think lazy, inert people. traag خامِل، مُتراخٍ، كَسْلان мързелив netečný inaktiv; træg; dvask träge νωθρός inerte, inactivo loid تنبل veltto apathique אָדִיש निष्क्रिय, आलसी trom, mlitav tunya malas viljalaus, aðgerðalaus indolente 不活発な 둔한 inertiškas, neveiklus inerts; kūtrs malas traag treg, slapp apatyczny inerte apatic инертный ľahostajný, nečinný len inertan trög, slö ซึ่งไร้ชีวิตชีวา tembel 怠惰的 млявий; недіяльний کاہل، بے حس ì; chậm chạp 呆滞的 n iˈnertness traagheid عَدم حَرَكَه، خُمول، كَسَل، تَراخٍ инертност netečnost træghed die Trägheit αδράνεια, νωθρότητα inercia loidus سکون؛ تنبلی liikkumattomuus inactivité חוֹסֶר תְנוּעָה जड़त्व, अक्रियता inertnost tehetetlenség, tétlenség kemalasan hreyfingaleysi inerzia, indolenza 不活発 둔함 inertiškumas inertums; kūtrums kemalasan inertie, traagheid treghet, inaktivitet bezczynność inércia inerţie; apatie инертность ľahostajnosť lenobnost inertnost tröghet, slöhet ความเฉื่อยชา tembellik 無活動力 інертність جمود tính trơ 无活动力 n iˈnertia [-ʃiə] the state of being inert It was difficult to overcome the feeling of inertia that the wine and heat had brought on. traagheid فُتور، خُمول، جُمود инерция ochablost inerti; træghed die Trägheit αδράνεια inercia loidus رخوت؛ سستی hitaus inertie בִכבֵדוּת וְאִיטִיוּת जड़ता inercija tehetetlenség kelesuan aðgerðaleysi; sljóleiki inerzia だるさ 무력감 inertiškumas, neveiklumas, apatija inertums; kūtrums kelesuan inertie slapphet, uvirksomhet bezwład inércia inerţie инертность, вялость ochabnutosť, nečinnosť inertnost inercija tröghet, slöhet ความเฉื่อย eylemsizlik, tembellik 惰性 інертність, млявість جمود tính ì 惰性 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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