inertness

NOUN

inaction

Synonyms

STRONG

dawdling dormancy droning hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment

WEAK

dilly-dallying goof-off time inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time on one's hands time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating

Antonyms

STRONG

activity busyness employment energy life liveliness vigor work

Example Sentences

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These Three Potencies are called Substance, Force, Darkness; or viewed rather for their moral colouring, Goodness, Passion, Inertness.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles

Inertness is in the phenomenon; that is, in nature as it. appears to us.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

Inertness and routine, chaos and anarchism, are accusations bandied back and forth.

From The Child and the Curriculum by Dewey, John

Inertness, as being absolute inaction, cannot belong to that which truly is.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

Inertness, therefore, must be a property by which the phenomenal differs from the essential or absolute.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

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