inertia
/ɪˈnɜrʃə/
noun
- A tendency to stay in the same state or keep doing the same thing, often resulting in a lack of change or progress.
- After the holidays, it was hard to overcome my inertia and start exercising again.
- Political inertia often prevents important reforms from happening.
- The committee's inertia meant no decisions were made for months.
- In physics, the property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
- Newton's first law of motion is often called the law of inertia.
- Because of inertia, the car continued sliding on the icy road after the brakes were applied.
- A spacecraft in deep space will keep moving forever due to inertia.
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