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The Clue
Chemically nonreactive (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INERT
Tags
Notes
The answer INERT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Exanimate
Immobile
Lifeless
Motionless
Neutral
Powerless
Quiescent
Sluggish
Torpid
Unmoving
Adjective for argon
Chemically quiet
Dead to the world
Like argon
Like helium
Like krypton
Like neon
Like radon
Like xenon
Not moving
Apt to stay put
Like helium, e.g.
Like some gases
Not reacting chemically
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"