inertia

noun

/ɪˈnɜːʃə/

/ɪˈnɜːrʃə/

[uncountable]

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(usually disapproving) lack of energy; lack of desire or ability to move or change
- I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia.
- the forces of institutional inertia in the school system
Extra Examples
- Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer inertia.
- She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep.
- The forces for change in the government are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- sheer
- bureaucratic
- political
- …
verb + inertia
- overcome
preposition
- out of inertia
- through inertia
phrases
- a state of inertia
See full entry
(physics) a property (= characteristic) of matter (= a substance) by which it stays still or, if moving, continues moving in a straight line unless it is acted on by a force outside itselfTopics Physics and chemistryc2

Word Originearly 18th cent. (in sense (2)): from Latin, from iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.

单词	inertia
释义	inertia noun /ɪˈnɜːʃə/ /ɪˈnɜːrʃə/ [uncountable] jump to other results (usually disapproving) lack of energy; lack of desire or ability to move or change I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia. the forces of institutional inertia in the school system Extra Examples Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer inertia. She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep. The forces for change in the government are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective sheer bureaucratic political … verb + inertia overcome preposition out of inertia through inertia phrases a state of inertia See full entry (physics) a property (= characteristic) of matter (= a substance) by which it stays still or, if moving, continues moving in a straight line unless it is acted on by a force outside itselfTopics Physics and chemistryc2 Word Originearly 18th cent. (in sense (2)): from Latin, from iners, inert- ‘unskilled, inactive’, from in- (expressing negation) + ars, art- ‘skill, art’.
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