as in laziness
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
the inertia that grips so many of the club's members is the reason why nothing ever gets done
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Recent Examples of inertia
In a time when so many companies are attempting a turnaround, by acting decisively, businesses can cut through inertia, rebuild momentum, and secure sustainable results.
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The design places motors close to the body to improve efficiency and reduce energy use, while lightweight materials help minimize moving inertia.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
This might look like prolonged dependence on parents for housing and finances, difficulty committing to work or education, avoidance of romantic or social commitments or a general inertia around planning for the future.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Renaud Tixier’s movement is a highly innovative micro-rotor movement that features an inertia wheel within the micro-rotor and a ‘dancer’ spring, orchestrated to optimize winding by harvesting even the smallest motion.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
The design places motors close to the body to improve efficiency and reduce energy use, while lightweight materials help minimize moving inertia.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
This might look like prolonged dependence on parents for housing and finances, difficulty committing to work or education, avoidance of romantic or social commitments or a general inertia around planning for the future.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Renaud Tixier’s movement is a highly innovative micro-rotor movement that features an inertia wheel within the micro-rotor and a ‘dancer’ spring, orchestrated to optimize winding by harvesting even the smallest motion.
—Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inertia
Noun
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In the end, though, Black Phone 2’s relationship to Nightmare on Elm Street feels less like plagiarism than narrative laziness — but if the Grabber returns in a few years to fight Jason Voorhees, Freddy might want to consult a lawyer.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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What started as the follow-up to D’Angelo’s 1995 platinum debut, Brown Sugar (written and recorded entirely by D’Angelo in his mother’s house in Richmond, Virginia), became five years of study at Soul University, complete with classes, pranks, gossip and equal amounts of discipline and laziness.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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All of which could lead to so much work that a man like Wyatt Harper might never have another day of idleness again.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Inertia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inertia. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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