inert
[adjective]
Synonyms: inactive, dead, dormant, immobile, lifeless, motionless, static, still, unreactive, unresponsive

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Antonyms: animated, dynamic
Contrasted words: animated, awake, alert, vigilant, watchful, live, operative
Related Words: impotent, powerless, apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid, dead, inanimate, lifeless

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ert /ɪˈnɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: iners 'unskilled, doing nothing', from ars 'skill, art']

1. technical not producing a chemical reaction when combined with other substances:
inert gases

2. literary not moving, or not having the strength or power to move:
He lay, inert, in his bed.

3. not willing to do anything:
The government was inert and inefficient.
—inertness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

inert
adj.
VERBS be, lie, remain | become
ADV. completely She lay completely inert on her bed.
relatively | chemically chemically inert radioactive waste

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