| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations | | Section VIII. Causation | | 3. Power in Operation |
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| 172. Inertness. |
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| NOUN: | INERTNESS, physical inertness, inertia, vis inertiœ [L.], inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor; dormancy, fainéance [F.], quiescence [See Quiescence]; latency, inaction; passivity; stagnation; dullness &c. adj.
mental inertness; sloth (inactivity) [See Inactivity]; inexcitability [See Inexcitability]; irresolution [See Irresolution]; obstinacy [See Obstinacy]; permanence [See Permanence].
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| VERB: | BE INERT &c. adj.; hang fire, smolder or smoulder.
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| ADJECTIVE: | INERT, inactive, passive; torpid [See Inactivity]; sluggish, stagnant, fainéant [F.], dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt; lifeless, dead, uninfluential.
LATENT, dormant, smoldering or smouldering, unexerted.
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| ADVERB: | INACTIVELY &c. adj.; in suspense, in abeyance.
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