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The Clue

Nonreactive, chemically (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
Dull
Exanimate
___ gas
Lifeless
Motionless
Passive
Powerless
Sluggish
Still
Torpid
Unmoving
Unreactive
Like argon
Like krypton
Like neon
Like xenon
Naturally sluggish
Not active
Not mobile
Unable to move
Apt to stay put
Like neon or xenon
Not reacting chemically
Without power to act
Hard to get a reaction out of

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"