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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inert/ɪˈnɜːt/

▶adjective

1 lacking the ability or strength to move.
■ lacking vigour.

2 chemically inactive.

– derivatives
inertly adverb,
inertness noun.

– origin C17: from L. iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.

'inert' also found in these Oxford entries:

argon - deadweight - HCFC - helium - inert gas - inertia - light bulb - neon - passive - plasma screen - propellant - root canal

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