be inert
Example Sentences
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Elements of the larger, intact missile, such as the warhead, were missing and the authorities deemed the piece to be inert and safe, the police said in a news release on Friday.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
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
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
It was despicable, she felt, to pine sentimentally, to cherish secret griefs, vain memories, to be inert, to waste youth in aching languor, to grow old doing nothing.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
