inertness

2 definitions found

inertness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inertness \In*ert"ness\, n.
     1. Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to
        action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
        --Glanvill.
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              Laziness and inertness of mind. --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
        [1913 Webster]

inertness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inertness
      n 1: immobility by virtue of being inert