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The Clue
Not merely sluggish (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
Like propellants in pesticides
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"