The Clue
Tendency toward torpor (7 letter answer)
The Answer
INERTIA
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Notes
The answer INERTIA is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Immobility
Immovability
Inactivity
Lethargy
Passivity
Slothfulness
Sluggishness
Stagnation
Torpor
Disinclination to act
Disinclination to change
Lack of motion
Physics topic
Resistance to change
Sluggard's problem
Staying power?
Disinclination to move or act
Notion about motion
Reason to keep moving
Subject of a law of physics
Subject of Mach's principle
Subject of Newton's law
Tendency to remain unchanged
It keeps the ball rolling
It keeps things going
It keeps things moving
It'll keep you going
Lack of get-up-and-go
Subject of Newton's first law
It may be hard to overcome
Seat belts help overcome this
Subject of Newton's first law of motion
Definition
INERTIA as a noun:
1. (inactiveness, inactivity, inertia) = a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
2. (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force