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Synonyms for inertness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : in-urt, ih-nurt |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrt |
Top 10 synonyms for inertness Other synonyms for the word inertness
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
Définition of inertness
Origin :- 1660s, from inert + -ness.
- noun inaction
- Yet simultaneously he derided himself for the inertness of his imagination.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- For, the great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness.
- Extract from : « History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3 » by Henry Thomas Buckle
- It mattered little to her that inertness really was the reason for that peace.
- Extract from : « Rich Man, Poor Man » by Maximilian Foster
- It shows that the trouble lies in the inertness of established habit.
- Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey
- The inertness of the young Sultan was not from want of will or zeal.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace
- It is a fair type of the inertness of the people of that region at the time.
- Extract from : « The Boys of '61 » by Charles Carleton Coffin.
- Three sisters of ill repute: inertness, grudging, closefistedness.
- Extract from : « The Triads of Ireland » by Kuno Meyer
- I exclaimed, startled for the moment out of the inertness that paralyzed my brain.
- Extract from : « The Red Symbol » by John Ironside
- And the reaction and fatigue together stunned him into inertness.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Foresters » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- But after a few days he became uneasy at his brother's inertness of mind and body.
- Extract from : « Prisoners » by Mary Cholmondeley
Antonyms for inertness
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