inertness

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inertness

noun inertnesses

  1. uncountable, usually Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion No life stirred. They alone moved through the vast inertness. They alone were alive, and they sought for other things that were alive in order that they might devour them and continue to live.

    Similar: sluggishness, apathy, insensibility

  2. uncountable, usually Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
  3. uncountable, usually Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.

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noun sluggishness

Españolinercia
Françaisinertie
DeutschTrägheit
Italianoapatia, indolenza

noun inertia

Españolinercia
Italianoinerzia

noun chemically unreactive

Españolinercia química
Italianoinerzia

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@misc{inertness_2026,
  title = {inertness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inertness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}