be inert
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A pack of cards made up exclusively of jokers would be useless, just as a society that devalues the individual would be inert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Sonia is a puppet, and she would be inert without them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
In large masses they appear to be inert, and to do nothing, and to be capable of doing nothing.
From The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena by A. E. (Amos Emerson) Dolbear
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