inert
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Plastics were long thought to be chemically inert, meaning they don’t react easily with other compounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
These are fair questions the film never bothers to consider, instead favoring inert dialogue and needle drops that tell the audience when they’re supposed to be moved.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The agreement with the United States aims to turn "cold, inert" resources underground to "a source of social and economic well-being for the people of Venezuela," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 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
The weird contrast between the bright, striped, living orange of his coat and the inert white of the boat’s hull was incredibly compelling.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing inert
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And Then There Were None
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