inert
Example Sentences
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The few researchers who did think about the molecules, which are found throughout the body, assumed they were metabolically inert.
From Science Magazine
As it sank he became less and less frenzied; and just as it dipped he slid from the hands that held him, an inert mass, on the floor.
From Literature
Robert Redford directed and starred in “Lions for Lambs,” an earnest but inert critique of an American society marching heedlessly into a misguided war.
From Washington Post
The researchers beheaded their weevils, dried the heads in an oven and placed them in a solution to digest living tissue but preserve the cuticle, an inert hard tissue.
From New York Times
She was dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the financial district and seemed almost inert compared with the bustle of cars and people on the waterfront.
From Washington Post
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