Topic: CHEMISTRY
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | iners 'unskilled, doing nothing', from ars 'skill, art' |
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in‧ert
1 technicalHC not producing a chemical reaction when combined with other substances : 
inert gases
inert gases2 literary not moving, or not having the strength or power to move : He lay, inert, in his bed.
He lay, inert, in his bed.3 not willing to do anything : The government was inert and inefficient.
The government was inert and inefficient. —inertness noun [uncountable]
