What is the meaning of inert?

adjective

  • Unable to move or resist motion.
  • Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive.
    • usage: "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
  • Slow and apathetic.
    • usage: "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
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