inertness

Example Sentences

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"Plastics remain highly suited to many packaging applications due to their durability, inertness and design flexibility," says Ms Paramor.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

The movie’s inertness certainly isn’t the fault of Naomi Watts, who more than holds our focus.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Tone-wise, Moss and Gleeson may well be on a different planet from the other women, but the combination of her chilling sadism and his intense inertness adds a live-wire element to the proceedings.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2019

Bruce Hornsby’s gorgeous acoustic score seems to have been composed for an entirely different movie, and Williams is recessive to the point of utter inertness as a man governed by unquenchable, restless appetites.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2015

Other mine owners in the vicinity had taken these precautions long ago; but Mr. Chattaway, whether from inertness, or regard to expense, had not done so.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry