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21inert — 1. Slow in action; sluggish; inactive. 2. Devoid of active chemical properties, as the i. gases. 3. Denoting a drug or agent having no pharmacologic or therapeutic action. [L. iners, unskillful, sluggish, fr. in, neg. + ars, art] * * * in·ert in… …
22inert — Stable, unable to move or act at all, or sluggish in motion. In chemistry, not readily reactive with other elements; thus forming few compounds. Inert substances and materials are not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically, which… …
23inert — in•ert [[t]ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrt[/t]] adj. 1) having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter[/ex] 2) chem. having little or no ability to react, as nitrogen that occurs uncombined in the atmosphere 3) pha… …
24inert — /ɪnˈɜt / (say in ert) adjective 1. having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance: inert matter. 2. still, and apparently incapable of movement: *he lay exhausted and inert, his eyes closed, and with little to distinguish him from one… …
25inert — adj. 1 without inherent power of action, motion, or resistance. 2 without active chemical or other properties. 3 sluggish, slow. Phrases and idioms: inert gas = noble gas. Derivatives: inertly adv. inertness n. Etymology: L iners inert (as IN (1) …
26inert — nonmoving onmoving adj. Not moving. Opposite of {moving}. [Narrower terms: {at rest, inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ; {dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still}; {frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock still ; …
27inert — 1. adjective a) unable to move or act; inanimate b) sluggish or lethargic See Also: inert gas 2 …
28inert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. static, dormant; stagnant, dead. See inactivity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. still, dormant, inactive; see idle 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [in URT] inactive, motionless …
29inert — [17] The ert of inert is the same word as art. The word comes from Latin iners, which originally meant ‘unskilled’, but soon developed semantically to ‘inactive’. It was formed with the negative prefix in from ars ‘skill’, source of English art.… …
30inert — adjective 1》 lacking the ability or strength to move. ↘lacking vigour. 2》 chemically inactive. Derivatives inertly adverb inertness noun Origin C17: from L. iners, inert unskilled, inactive , from in + ars, art skill, art …
