inert

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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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

At first glance, the moon appears lifeless and inert.

From Science Daily