Inert

[in·ert]

Something that's unable to move or moving without much energy can be described as inert. Wind up in a body cast and you’ll find yourself not only itchy, but totally inert.

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Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.

Adjective S.
slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

Adjective S.
unable to move or resist motion

Adjective S.
having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

a.
Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.

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Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

a.
Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.

Inert

In*ert" , a. [L. iners, inertis, unskilled, idle; pref. in- + ars art: cf. F. inerte. See Art.] 1. Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert. 2. Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
The inert and desponding party of the court.
It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at length utterly inert.
3. Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.Syn. -- Inactive; dull; passive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; lazy; lifeless; irresolute; stupid; senseless; insensible. -- Inert, Inactive, Sluggish. A man may be inactive from mere want of stimulus to effort; but one who is inert has something in his constitution or his habits which operates like a weight holding him back from exertion. Sluggish is still stronger, implying some defect of temperament which directly impedes action. Inert and inactive are negative, sluggish is positive.
Even the favored isles . . . Can boast but little virtue; and, inert Through plenty, lose in morals what they gain In manners -- victims of luxurious ease.
Doomed to lose four months in inactive obscurity.
Sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin, Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride.

Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.

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Usage Examples

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

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Other Usage Examples

The joys of friendship inert the heart and fizzy home bouncing jubilantly with laughter-buttered love.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.