be inert
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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
Mr. Seraphin stressed that investigators don’t know whether the devices were intended to be inert.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2023
The grenade was found to be inert and, according to its owner, was bought at an air show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023
Prof Stride also says that, if they're proven to be inert, shortened CNTs may provide an "effective mechanism for drug delivery to the inner cell region".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2016
Subsequently the ordinary tinctures were distilled, and the extracts thus obtained dissolved in the above menstruum, as far as was possible, in most cases the residuum being found to be inert.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
