inert
lacking the power to move or act; inactive
Word origin: From Latin iners, without skill or inactive, from ars, skill.
Inert in a sentence
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The patient lay inert on the gurney, unresponsive to the doctors' questions.
The catalyst remained inert until the temperature rose, at which point the reaction proceeded rapidly.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “inert” well
Inert describes a lack of power to move or act, whether physical or figurative, and it contrasts with active and dynamic.
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