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inert

[in-urt, ih-nurt] / ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrt /


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Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal

Philosophy without a biography turns inhuman; biography without a philosophy becomes inert.

From The Wall Street Journal

Buffett acknowledged that an inert asset might thrive at times as an object of speculation or when it’s driven by fear about things like war or the value of the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the obvious medical concerns, and the chronically inert action, there remains sizable public nostalgia for watching fighters who are too old to fight.

From The Wall Street Journal

But for at least a little while, within the confines of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, there was a glimmer of a life in a contest that has seemed largely inert.

From Los Angeles Times