inert
Plural: inerts
Adjective Satellite
- unable to move or resist motion
- having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
- "inert matter"
- slow and apathetic
- "she was fat and inert"
Adj
- Unable to move or act; inanimate.
- Sluggish or lethargic.
- Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
- Having no therapeutic action.
Noun
- Something lacking active properties; an inactive substance.
- A substance that does not react chemically.
Verb
- To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.
Examples
- He felt his letters were INERT, refusing to form anything useful.
Origin / Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).
Synonyms
indifferent, neutral, sluggish, soggy, torpid, abeyant, at rest, bone-idle, cessant, crawling, creeping, dormant, dreich, dull, fallow, fixed, gastropodous, glacial, heavy-footed, idle, immobile, immotile, immovable, inactive, inanimate, inching, indolent, inert, labored, lackadaisical, languid, latent, lazy, lead-footed, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, lither, low-speed, lumbering, nonactive, plodding, pokey, ponderous, quiescent, rigid, sedent, sedentary, sessile, silent, slothful, slothlike, slow, slow as Christmas, slow as a snail, slow as molasses, slow as molasses in January, slowfooted, stately, static, stationary, steady, stuck, subglacial, sullen, suspended, swear, tardigrade, tedious, testudineous, unactive, unbusy, unemployed, unmovable, unmoveable, unoccupied, unreactive, unspeedy, work-shy
Scrabble Score: 5
inert: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinert: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inert: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary