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Inertness

Inertness \In*ert"ness\, n.

  1. Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
    --Glanvill.

    Laziness and inertness of mind.
    --Burke.

  2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
inertness

1660s, from inert + -ness.

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inertness

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 elements.

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inertness

n. immobility by virtue of being inert

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.