INERTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inertness mean? 

• INERTNESS (noun)
  The noun INERTNESS has 1 sense:

1. immobility by virtue of being inert

  Familiarity information: INERTNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INERTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Immobility by virtue of being inert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inertness" is a kind of...):

immobility (the quality of not moving)

Derivation:

inert (slow and apathetic)

inert (unable to move or resist motion)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by a decrease in consciousness and mental and physical inertness.

(Lethargy, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Decreased consciousness characterized by mental and physical inertness.

(Lethargy, NCI Thesaurus)

They alone moved through the vast inertness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Lastly, I saw Mr. Mason was submissive to Mr. Rochester; that the impetuous will of the latter held complete sway over the inertness of the former: the few words which had passed between them assured me of this.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)