Both Uses
inert
in
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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- Though he didn't know it, moments like this were particularly important to him, for they were transforming him from an eager, confident naval officer with a ringing voice into an inert, though wary, zek.†
- And only in that inertness lay the chance of surviving the twenty-five years of imprisonment he'd been sentenced to.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(inert) unmoving, inactive, or unable to move
or:
slow, lethargic, or without interest
or (in chemistry/medicine):
chemically inactive (not having an effect) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)