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The Clue
Very slow-moving (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
___ gas
Immobile
Lifeless
Motionless
Passive
Powerless
Sluggish
Still
Supine
Unmoving
Unreactive
Just sitting
Like argon
Like helium
Like krypton
Like neon
Like radon
Not active
Not moving
Powerless to move
Unable to move
Apt to stay put
Hard to combine, chemically
Like argon or krypton
Like a couch potato
Like neon gas
Like neon or xenon
Like some gases
Not reacting chemically
Not showing much life
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"