Adjective: inert (inerter,inertest) in'urt
- Unable to move or resist motion
"The inert gas did not react with any other elements in the experiment"
- Slow and apathetic
"she was fat and inert";
- sluggish, torpid, dozy [Brit, informal]
- (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
"inert matter";
- indifferent, neutral
Derived forms: inerter, inertest
See also: inactive, nonmoving, unmoving, unreactive
Encyclopedia: Inert