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The Clue

Adjective for argon (5 letter answer)

The Answer

INERT

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Notes

The answer INERT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

Related Clues

Dormant
Exanimate
Immobile
Lifeless
Motionless
Passive
Powerless
Sluggish
Torpid
Unmoving
Unreactive
Adjective for neon
Chemically quiet
Like argon
Like helium
Like krypton
Like neon
Like xenon
Noble, in a way
Not mobile
Not moving
Not reacting
Very sluggish
Like some gases
More than lethargic
Hard to get a reaction out of
Not showing much life

Definition

INERT as an adjective:

1. unable to move or resist motion
2. (inert, indifferent, neutral) = having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
3. (inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid) = slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"