as in laziness
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
the inertia that grips so many of the club's members is the reason why nothing ever gets done
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Recent Examples of inertia
Large majorities of people know what these passwordless credentials are and use them to log in to at least some accounts, but they are being held back by organizational inertia.
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Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026
Of course, despite the high stakes, inertia is to be expected.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
My field has spent a decade pointing to Schedule I, scarce funding, and regulatory inertia as the reasons our progress has been so slow, and those complaints are now being taken seriously at the highest levels of government.
—Peter S. Hendricks, STAT, 6 May 2026
The result is a budget that reflects institutional inertia more than the needs of Angelenos.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for inertia
Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026
Of course, despite the high stakes, inertia is to be expected.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
My field has spent a decade pointing to Schedule I, scarce funding, and regulatory inertia as the reasons our progress has been so slow, and those complaints are now being taken seriously at the highest levels of government.
—Peter S. Hendricks, STAT, 6 May 2026
The result is a budget that reflects institutional inertia more than the needs of Angelenos.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for inertia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inertia
Noun
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Impatience is a form of laziness, and the cure for impatience is to slow way down.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Defaulting To Generic Strategies And Predictable Patterns My complaint is about context decay and structural laziness.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Spending healthy years in idleness isn’t good for you.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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DeJean, who recorded the game-changing pick-six in Super Bowl LIX, couldn’t comprehend postseason idleness.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Inertia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inertia. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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