inert
Example Sentences
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Together, they looked down at the man lying inert on the grass.
From Literature
In its vegetative state, the plot quickly becomes inert and frustrating, spinning its wheels in ways you never thought wheels could spin.
From Salon
Here, however, the paintings are inert, and the affinity one feels the artist has for his other subjects is absent.
At first glance, the moon appears lifeless and inert.
From Science Daily
A full generation of White House advisers decided that image was static and inert, that a president looks more dynamic if he’s standing, with long halls or mantles behind him.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
