A substance that will not chemically reactive – inert growing mediums make it easy to control the chemistry of the nutrient solution.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
inert (adjective)1.
lacking the power to move
2.
very slow to move or act - sluggish
3.
deficient in active properties , especially lacking a usual or anticipated chemical or biological action inactive
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
inert (adjective)1.
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
SYNONYMS:
dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacantRELATED WORDS:
abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended; unoccupied; asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dull, slowNEAR ANTONYMS:
functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable ( useable), useful, viable2.
slow to move or act
SYNONYMS:
dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpidRELATED WORDS:
ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly; dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still; dead; dopey ( dopy), drugged; asleep, drowsy, somnambulant; catatonic, comatoseNEAR ANTONYMS:
busy, engaged, occupied, working; animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy; assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulousInert (Wikipedia)
Inert may refer to:
- Chemically inert, not chemically reactive
- Inert knowledge, information which one can express but not use
- Inert ingredient, a component of the excipient of a pharmaceutical drug
- Inert munition, a round that does not contain any energetic material
- Inert prime, a type of behaviour of a prime under an algebraic extension
- Inert waste, waste which is neither chemically nor biologically reactive and will not decompose
Inert (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Adjective
inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)
- Unable to move or act; inanimate.
- Synonyms: dormant
inactive, unreactive, stable, neutral, dormant