be inert

Example Sentences

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"Various Second World War-era unexploded ordnance items were discovered as a result of the wildfires, which the EOD operator declared to be inert practice projectiles. They were retrieved for subsequent disposal," he explained.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

The ligand or tag must be inert and have no negative impact on the function of the cells or create any reaction that could cause side effects.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

The grenade was found to be inert and, according to its owner, was bought at an air show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

To Joseph, it makes as much sense for the dead to appear as spirits glowing in midair as for them to be inert and terminated.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2016

Certainly things seem to us to be: and if just to be is to be active, then no phenomenon is inert; no single thing discerned by us appears to be inert.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison