Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inertia
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'ɝʃə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
    Meaning: a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
Usage examples
  • Inertia and its inhospitality.
  • Yet nothing visible came as yet, no alteration in the actual landscape, no sign of change in things familiar to his eyes, while impetus thus fought against inertia.
  • But these readjustments are insignificant in comparison with the social inertia that perpetuates all the classes, and even such shifts as occur at once re-establish artificial conditions for the next generation.