inert
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But it takes a series of self-reflexive turns that are overelaborate in their conception and slightly inert in their execution, rendering the movie’s poignancy more theoretical than fully felt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Lutnick’s testimony this past week, like Bondi’s, is thus operating as a still life in what happens when the law becomes inert.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
At first glance, the moon appears lifeless and inert.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
I was inert, still in my school clothes, lying on top of my sheets, dozing in a transitory space between asleep and awake.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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And Then There Were None
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