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

Since we have no reason, from the inertness of the phenomenal, for inferring the inertness of the essential, can we know whether that essential be inert or not?

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison