inert
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The deputies responded to the scene in personal work trucks rather than the department’s bomb truck and Osborn improperly examined the grenade and falsely reported it inert, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
In its absence, I recognized that I mostly turned to it out of boredom, idleness or an almost inert curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
"All the quantum perturbations that should blow up the value of the cosmological constant are rendered inert by this topology, which keeps the constant's value stable."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
So far, he says, Russian Oreshniks have only been carrying inert warheads and have caused limited damage.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Hooper’s shirt, and the top half of his jeans, were soaking wet, and it was almost impossible to get them off at first, he was so inert and heavy.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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And Then There Were None
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