inertia
noun
[ ɪˈnəːʃə ]
• a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.
• "the bureaucratic inertia of the various tiers of government"
Similar:
inactivity,
inaction,
inactiveness,
inertness,
dormancy,
passivity,
apathy,
accidie,
malaise,
stagnation,
dullness,
enervation,
sluggishness,
lethargy,
languor,
languidness,
listlessness,
torpor,
torpidity,
idleness,
indolence,
laziness,
sloth,
slothfulness,
motionlessness,
immobility,
lifelessness,
fainéance,
stasis,
otiosity,
hebetude,
• a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force.
• "the power required to overcome friction and the inertia of the moving parts"
Origin:
early 18th century (in inertia (sense 2)): from Latin, from iners, inert- (see inert).
