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

The film’s inertness is unexpected, and a tad disappointing, considering that first-time screenwriter Joshua Rollins has unearthed some genuinely fascinating details about Bales’s backstory that were not in either published account of the rescue.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 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

Lazy inertness causes individuals to accept ideas that have currency about them without personal inquiry and testing.

From How We Think by Dewey, John