What does inert mean?

Definitions for inert
ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrtin·ert

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inertadjective

    unable to move or resist motion

  2. inert, indifferent, neutraladjective

    having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

    "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

  3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpidadjective

    slow and apathetic

    "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

Wiktionary

  1. inertnoun

    A substance that does not react chemically.

  2. inertadjective

    unable to move or act; inanimate

  3. inertadjective

    sluggish or lethargic

  4. inertadjective

    in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds

  5. inertadjective

    having no therapeutic action

  6. Etymology: From inerte, from iners.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. INERTadjective

    Dull; sluggish; motionless.

    Etymology: iners, Lat.

    Body alone, inert and brute, you'll find;
    The cause of all things is by you assign'd. Richard Blackmore.

    Informer of the planetary train!
    Without whose quickening glance their cumb'rous orbs
    Were brute unlively mass, inert and dead. James Thomson.

ChatGPT

  1. inert

    Inert refers to a state or quality of lacking the ability or strength to move, change, or resist. It often refers to substances that do not readily react chemically with other substances. It can also refer to something that is inactive or sluggish.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inertadjective

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

  2. Inertadjective

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

  3. Inertadjective

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

Wikidata

  1. Inert

    In English, to be inert is to be in a state of doing little or nothing.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inert

    in-ėrt′, adj. dull: senseless: inactive: slow: without the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion: powerless.—n. Iner′tia, inertness: the inherent property of matter by which it tends to remain for ever at rest when still, and in motion when moving.—adv. Inert′ly.—n. Inert′ness. [Fr.,—L. inersin, not, ars, art.]

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Anagrams for inert »

  1. Terni

  2. trine

  3. inter

  4. niter

  5. nitre

  6. retin

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inert in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of inert in a Sentence

  1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

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

  2. Henry Adams:

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

  3. Police Chief Sam Dotson:

    At at that point, after the crowd ignored repeated requests and directions, inert smoke was used, after that didn't have an effect, tear gas was used.

  4. Mark Toner:

    We can say, without speaking to specifics, that the inert training missile has been returned with the cooperation of the Cuban government, the department is restricted under federal law and regulations from commenting on specific defense trade licensing cases and compliance matters, so we cannot provide further details.

  5. Micheal Austin:

    It is also the first electric vehicle with an entirely environmentally stable and inert battery chemistry, there are no heavy metals or caustic materials used in the manufacturing of the BYD iron-phosphate battery.

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