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
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.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The speed of the tech industry is not always aligned with the inertia of health care.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 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
Washington needs a tool for breaking through defense industrial bureaucratic inertia, so even if there weren’t an AUKUS, the United States would have to create one.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inertia
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The speed of the tech industry is not always aligned with the inertia of health care.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 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
Washington needs a tool for breaking through defense industrial bureaucratic inertia, so even if there weren’t an AUKUS, the United States would have to create one.
—Gary Roughead, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inertia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inertia
Noun
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Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Track the effort paradox in your own results, practice strategic laziness by focusing only on what matters, choose clarity over activity, recognize exhaustion as your enemy not your edge, and protect restoration time as innovation fuel.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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