'Inert' definitions:
Definition of 'inert'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unable to move or resist motion
adjective
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" [syn: inert, indifferent, neutral]
adjective
Definition of 'Inert'
From: GCIDE
- Inert \In*ert"\, a. [L. iners, inertis, unskilled, idle; pref. in- + ars art: cf. F. inerte. See Art.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless. [1913 Webster]
- The inert and desponding party of the court. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at length utterly inert. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect; as, the noble gases are chemically inert.
- Syn: Inactive; dull; passive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; lazy; lifeless; irresolute; stupid; senseless; insensible.
- Usage: Inert, Inactive, Sluggish. A man may be inactive from mere lack of stimulus to effort; but one who is inert has something in his constitution or his habits which operates like a weight holding him back from exertion. Sluggish is still stronger, implying some defect of temperament which directly impedes action. Inert and inactive are negative, sluggish is positive. [1913 Webster]
- Even the favored isles . . . Can boast but little virtue; and, inert Through plenty, lose in morals what they gain In manners -- victims of luxurious ease. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Doomed to lose four months in inactive obscurity. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin, Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'inert'
From: GCIDE
- nonmoving \nonmoving\ 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 ; {inert ; {sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; immobile, unmoving] Also See: immobile. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'inert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- abiotic,
- apathetic,
- asleep,
- azoic,
- benumbed,
- blase,
- bored,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- changeless,
- constant,
- contemplative,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- do-nothing,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- dumb,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- flat,
- foul,
- groggy,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- idle,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- impassive,
- impotent,
- in abeyance,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- inanimate,
- inanimated,
- incommutable,
- inconvertible,
- indefeasible,
- indolent,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insentient,
- insusceptible of change,
- intransmutable,
- invariable,
- irretrievable,
- irreversible,
- irrevocable,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lasting,
- latent,
- lazy,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- logy,
- lumpish,
- meditative,
- moribund,
- motionless,
- mute,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- noble,
- nonconscious,
- nonliving,
- nonreturnable,
- nonreversible,
- numb,
- otiose,
- paralytic,
- paralyzed,
- passive,
- permanent,
- phlegmatic,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- procrastinating,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- quietist,
- quietistic,
- reverseless,
- sated,
- sedentary,
- senseless,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sleepy,
- slothful,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- slumbering,
- smoldering,
- somnolent,
- soulless,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- standing,
- standpat,
- static,
- stationary,
- still,
- stolid,
- stultified,
- supine,
- suspended,
- tame,
- torpid,
- unalterable,
- unalterative,
- unaltered,
- unanimated,
- unaroused,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unconscious,
- undeflectable,
- undeviating,
- unfeeling,
- unmodifiable,
- unremitting,
- unresponsive,
- unrestorable,
- unreturnable,
- unsusceptible,
- unvariable,
- unvarying,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- world-weary