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/ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/ · noun
(physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass..
Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia.
Not all the surviving veteran chiefs would actually fight. Some remained nominally in the resistance but in practice delayed at their bases, pretexting a lack of ammunition for their uncertain inertia.
City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
Use inertia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inertia means (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass..
Common synonyms include idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness.
Possible antonyms include activity, activeness.
Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia.
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