WORD: INERT
MEANING:
1. a. Incapable of moving or acting: "[Some patients] lingered, unable to breathe on their own, inert and unresponsive even to the most noxious stimulus" (Gary Greenberg). b. Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic. See Synonyms at inactive. 2. Chemistry Not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds. 3. Having no pharmacologic, metabolic, or other physiological effect. 4. slow, inactive
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Southern director Krish’s Hindi-language debut is a strangely inert, if not entirely inept, action film that fails to rise above the pedestrian.
PRONOUNCE:
LINK: INERT
MEANING:
1. a. Incapable of moving or acting: "[Some patients] lingered, unable to breathe on their own, inert and unresponsive even to the most noxious stimulus" (Gary Greenberg). b. Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic. See Synonyms at inactive. 2. Chemistry Not readily reactive with other elements; forming few or no chemical compounds. 3. Having no pharmacologic, metabolic, or other physiological effect. 4. slow, inactive
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Southern director Krish’s Hindi-language debut is a strangely inert, if not entirely inept, action film that fails to rise above the pedestrian.
PRONOUNCE:
| in·ert - इनर्ट |
LINK: INERT
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