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in·ert
 inert
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- pronunciation:
- ih
nuhrt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without ability to move, act, or offer resistance.
- synonyms:
- inactive, inanimate, motionless, stationary
- antonyms:
- active, animate, animated
- similar words:
- fixed, immobile, passive, quiescent, still
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| definition 2: |
having little or no capacity for chemical reaction.
- synonyms:
- passive
- antonyms:
- active, live
- similar words:
- stable
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| definition 3: |
naturally or habitually inactive or slow-moving; sluggish.
- synonyms:
- inactive, inanimate, sedentary, sluggish
- similar words:
- indolent, lazy, lethargic, listless, passive, slack, stagnant, torpid
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| related words: |
asleep, dormant, extinct, idle, lazy, logy, phlegmatic, restful, sluggish, standing, stationary, torpid |
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| derivations: |
inertly (adv.), inertness (n.) |
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