inert
adjective
[ ɪˈnəːt ]
• lacking the ability or strength to move.
• "she lay inert in her bed"
Similar:
unmoving,
motionless,
immobile,
still,
stock-still,
stationary,
static,
dormant,
sleeping,
unconscious,
out cold,
comatose,
lifeless,
inanimate,
insensible,
senseless,
insensate,
insentient,
inactive,
idle,
indolent,
slack,
lazy,
loafing,
slothful,
dull,
sluggish,
lethargic,
stagnant,
languid,
listless,
torpid,
unconcerned,
apathetic,
indifferent,
dead to the world,
fainéant,
soporose,
soporous,
otiose,
• chemically inactive.
Similar:
chemically inactive,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.
