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inert (iou)



inert adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin inert-, iners unskilled, inactive, formed as IN-3 + art-, ars skill, ART noun1.]
A. adjective.
Of matter or a material thing: having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance; inanimate; having the property of inertia. M17.
F. Bowen If matter is essentially inert, every change in it must be produced by the mind.
b. Without active chemical or physiological properties; unreactive. E19.
Of a person, an animal, etc.: inactive, slow; not inclined for or capable of action or movement; motionless. L18.
R. P. Warren He lay beneath the high carved headboard of his bed, inert as a log. A. Brookner With their curiously inert attitude to life, I doubt that they would even notice my absence.
Special collocations: inert gas (a) a (relatively) unreactive gas; (b) spec. = noble gas s.v. NOBLE adjective (usu. in pl.).
b. noun. An inert or unreactive substance. M20.
inertly adverb M18.
inertness noun M17.