Antonyms for inert

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-urt, ih-nurt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɜrt, ɪˈnɜrt

Definition of inert

Origin : 1640s, from French inerte (16c.) or directly from Latin inertem (nominative iners) "unskilled, inactive, helpless, sluggish, worthless," from in- "without" + ars (genitive artis) "skill" (see art (n.)). Originally of matter; specifically of gases from 1885. Of persons or creatures, from 1774.

adj not moving; lifeless

Example sentences :

Johnny Rosenfeld still lay in his ward, inert from the waist down.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And when bending over that inert face I felt that there was no longer any breath!
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The chauffeur got down, shook his fare by the arm, and the arm was inert.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

There he saw the inert figures of the girl, and Tom Franklin.
Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings

An atom of any kind is not the inert thing it has been supposed to be, for it can do something.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

Since the plan of escape had been projected he had lost all will of his own and become passive and inert.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

So long as they remain silent and inert they command no attention or respect.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

A shudder, and the caterpillar became as inert as if it were dead.
Extract from : « They Twinkled Like Jewels » by Philip Jos Farmer

I had a feeling that they must be horribly cowed to be so silent and inert.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

He was dulled, as if nine-tenths of the ordinary man in him were inert.
Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence

Synonyms for inert

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