I. WORDS EXPRESSING ABSTRACT RELATIONS

VIII. CAUSATION

3. POWER IN OPERATION

[Antonyms: energy.]

[Nouns] inertness, dullness; inertia, vis inertioe, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence [more]; latency, inaction; passivity.

mental inertness; sloth (inactivity) [more]; inexcitability [more]; irresolution [more]; obstinacy [more]; permanence [more].

[Verbs] be inert; hang fire, smolder.

[Adjectives] inert, inactive, passive; torpid [more]; sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt; unreactive; lifeless, dead, uninfluential.

latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted.

[Adverbs] inactively; in suspense, in abeyance.