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inertia

English

  1. 🔊 (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
  2. 🔊 a disposition to remain inactive or inert
    “he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 inmobilismo inertia, immobility
  2. 🔊 pasión inertia, idleness (the opposite of action)

Similar words

inactiveness inactivity a wise passiveness abeyance apathy catalepsy catatonia cautiousness circumspection contemplation contemplative life creeping deadliness deathliness deliberateness deliberation dilatoriness do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dormancy drawl dullness entropy