inert
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If there is a shortfall, there’s about $840 billion in revenue from businesses—entities without claims to clean consciences—raised through customs and corporate income taxes that could be used as morally inert backfill.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
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 • Feb. 22, 2026
In its vegetative state, the plot quickly becomes inert and frustrating, spinning its wheels in ways you never thought wheels could spin.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
At first glance, the moon appears lifeless and inert.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026
Nailer dragged all their possessions over to his father’s inert form.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vocabulary lists containing inert
Anti-Antonyms: Words Without Opposites
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Languor Management: Synonyms for "Lazy"
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And Then There Were None
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