Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Otiose (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
Static
Still
Torpid
Unmoving
Unreactive
Chemically nonreactive
Like argon
Like krypton
Not mobile
Not moving
Powerless to move
Apt to stay put
Like argon or krypton
Like neon gas
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"