INERT
\ɪnˈɜːt], \ɪnˈɜːt], \ɪ_n_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of INERT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
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having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
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Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
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Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
By Oddity Software
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Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
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Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
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Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dull: senseless: inactive: slow: without the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion: powerless.
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INERTLY.
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INERTNESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
