The meaning of Inert

adjective

Relating to or in a state of coma.

Usage examples:

She had been comatose for seven months

adjective

(of a person) unconscious and not able to wake up, usually because of illness or injury

Usage examples:

The traffic accident left him comatose with massive brain damage.

adjective

(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Usage examples:

Dormant butterflies

adjective

(of things) not active or growing, but having the ability to be active at a later time

Usage examples:

A dormant volcano, most roses being sold now are dormant, and without any soil around their roots.

adjective

Not active or growing now, but having the ability to become active in the future

Usage examples:

Authorities reopened a dormant investigation of the company., lie/remain/sit dormant the legislatio…

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

Usage examples:

Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

Not moving; motionless.

Usage examples:

She sat immobile for a long time

adjective

Not moving, or not able to move or be moved

Usage examples:

He is in a cast to keep his spine immobile., the brace immobilized my elbow while the injury healed.

adjective

Not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity.

Usage examples:

An inactive lifestyle

adjective

Doing nothing

Usage examples:

Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months., about half of the club members are …

adjective

Doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done

Usage examples:

An inactive member of an advisory board, voters who have not participated in an election in three y…

adjective

Not alive.

Usage examples:

Inanimate objects like stones

prefix

Of or connected with india

Usage examples:

Indo-european languages, the indo-chinese border

adjective

Lacking physical sensation.

Usage examples:

A patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate

adjective

Not aware of what you are doing or what is happening around you

Usage examples:

He was virtually insensate after drinking half a bottle of whisky., insensate cruelty/brutality, in…

adjective

Without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious.

Usage examples:

They knocked each other insensible with their fists

adjective

Incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate.

Usage examples:

It's arrogant to presume animals to be insentient

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

Usage examples:

His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

Usage examples:

A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

Usage examples:

The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

Usage examples:

A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

noun

The fact, state, or condition of being asleep.

Usage examples:

It was 30 degrees at 1 a.m. a few weeks ago and sleeping was near impossible

adjective

In a state of sleep.

Usage examples:

He looked at the sleeping child

verb

Be in a state of sleep; be asleep.

Usage examples:

She slept for half an hour

adjective

Lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in an undesirable or uninteresting way.

Usage examples:

Demand has grown in what was a fairly static market

noun

Crackling or hissing noises on a telephone, radio, or other telecommunication system.

Usage examples:

The phone was full of static that sounded distant

combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -stasis (such as hemostatic corresponding to hemostasis ).

adjective

Not moving or not intended to be moved.

Usage examples:

A car collided with a stationary vehicle

adjective

Not moving, or not changing

Usage examples:

House prices have been stationary for months.

adjective

Not moving or making a sound.

Usage examples:

The still body of the young man

noun

Deep silence and calm; stillness.

Usage examples:

The still of the night

adverb

Up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.

Usage examples:

He still lives with his mother

adverb

Without moving; completely still

Usage examples:

He stood stock-still, waiting for them to pass.

adjective

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.

Usage examples:

The boy was beaten unconscious

noun

The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions.

Usage examples:

Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

adjective

Not moving; still.

Usage examples:

Claudia sat unmoving behind her desk

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

His body was still and unmoving, his gaze fixed. he was oblivious to everything else in the world b…