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Answer for the clue "Immobility by virtue of being inert ", 9 letters:
inertness

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. immobility by virtue of being inert

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility. 2 Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia. 3 (context chemistry English) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from inert + -ness .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inertness \In*ert"ness\, n. Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility. --Glanvill. Laziness and inertness of mind. --Burke. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.

Usage examples of inertness.

I may, however, call your attention, briefly, to the singular fact, that English and American practitioners are apt to accuse French medical practice of inertness, and French surgical practice of unnecessary activity.