inert

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Since nitrogen is quite inert, his makes the plane much less subject to explosions as a result of enemy ground fire, static discharge, faulty wiring, etc.

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  1. adjective Unable to move or act.
  2. adjective Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic. See Synonyms at inactive.
  3. adjective Chemistry Not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds.
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  • Yet any chemical weapons would have long been inert, and useless as WMD. —  Think Progress
  • The reverence is inert, the violence noxious, the mythology murky, the tone Archive for past puzzles and solutions. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • Since nitrogen is quite inert, his makes the plane much less subject to explosions as a result of enemy ground fire, static discharge, faulty wiring, etc. —  Defense Industry Daily
  • TVA claims the substance is cenospheres - inert, hollow balls of sand-like material. —  The Daily Sentinel: News
  • The predicament of the giant Kansas_--inert, immovable, lying in that peaceful bay at the mercy of a horde of painted savages--was one of the strange facts almost beyond credence which men encounter at times in the byways of life. —  The Captain of the Kansas
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inactive ·  lifeless ·  unable ·  passive ·  inanimate ·  limp ·  indifferent ·  insensible ·  listless ·  numb ·  helpless ·  unresponsive
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  1. Latin iners, inert- : in-, not; see in-1 + ars, skill; see ar- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French inerte = Spanish Portuguese Italian inerte, from Latin iner(t-)s, unskilled in any art, inactive, indolent, from in- privative + ar(t-)s, art: see art.
 

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