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inert (adjective), more inert, most inert
1. Characteristic of someone or something being unable to move or to act; inanimate: Susan couldn't use her hand, which was inert after having broken her wrist, and which was put into a cast by the doctor.
2. A reference to a person or an animal being sluggish in action or motion; lethargic: Debbie seemed to be quite inert and slow in getting up in the morning after sleeping only 3 hours during the night.
3. In chemistry, not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds: Argon and neon are inert gasses which seemingly don't respond to other substances.
4. Etymology: from French inerte (about the 16th century); from Latin inertem, iners, "unskilled, inactive"; from in-, "without" + ars, artis, "skill".
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2. A reference to a person or an animal being sluggish in action or motion; lethargic: Debbie seemed to be quite inert and slow in getting up in the morning after sleeping only 3 hours during the night.
3. In chemistry, not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds: Argon and neon are inert gasses which seemingly don't respond to other substances.
4. Etymology: from French inerte (about the 16th century); from Latin inertem, iners, "unskilled, inactive"; from in-, "without" + ars, artis, "skill".
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