be inert
Example Sentences
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A pack of cards made up exclusively of jokers would be useless, just as a society that devalues the individual would be inert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Various Second World War-era unexploded ordnance items were discovered as a result of the wildfires, which the EOD operator declared to be inert practice projectiles. They were retrieved for subsequent disposal," he explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
They theorized that sodium's core electrons, thought to be inert, would interact with each other and the outer valence electrons when under extreme pressure.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023
Sonia is a puppet, and she would be inert without them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Deprived of the blessings of the Holy Spirit the material body would be inert.
From Paris Talks by `Abdu'l-Bahá
