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The Clue

Kind of gas (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

Exanimate
Immobile
Lifeless
Motionless
Powerless
Sluggish
Static
Still
Torpid
Unmoving
Unreactive
Adjective for argon
Dull; slow
Like helium
Like krypton
Like neon
Naturally sluggish
Noble, in a way
Not active
Not moving
Like argon or krypton
Like a couch potato
Like krypton or xenon
Like neon or xenon
Like some gases

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"