be inert
Example Sentences
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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
The ligand or tag must be inert and have no negative impact on the function of the cells or create any reaction that could cause side effects.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
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
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
