noun
- a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged
- a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
Usage: physics
Examples
- The committee’s inertia prevented any meaningful progress on the proposal.
- After years of success, the company fell victim to corporate inertia.
- She had to overcome her own inertia to start exercising regularly.
- The ball’s inertia kept it rolling down the hill.
- Newton’s first law describes the principle of inertia.
- Political inertia made it difficult to pass new legislation.
- The heavy object’s inertia made it hard to push.