inert

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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

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 • Jan. 9, 2026

At first glance, the moon appears lifeless and inert.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

It’s a salad that can sit in the fridge for days without losing its snap, yet it’s never inert: a forkful zings, a little sweet, a little tart, a little green, a little peppery.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

On the far side of the rubble that had fallen in from the shaft was lying the inert body of a buck.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams