different between lacklustre vs inert

English

Etymology

lack +? lustre

Adjective

lacklustre (comparative more lacklustre, superlative most lacklustre)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of lackluster

Noun

lacklustre (countable and uncountable, plural lacklustres)

1. (British) Alternative spelling of lackluster
   • 1990, The Nigerian Economist (volume 4, page lxxii)

     Secondly, the fear of offending the military has reduced the campaigns to mere lacklustres. Promises are reeled off with so much obvious lack of passion that it is quite possible the party bosses themselves hardly believe what they say […]

Anagrams

• lackluster

English

Etymology

From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adjective

inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)

1. Unable to move or act; inanimate.
2. In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
3. Having no therapeutic action.

Synonyms

• (unable to move or act): dormant, motionless; see also Thesaurus:inactive or Thesaurus:stationary
• (not readily reacting): unreactive

Derived terms

• inert gas
• inertly

Translations

See also

• inertia

Noun

inert (plural inerts)

1. (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.

Verb

inert (third-person singular simple present inerts, present participle inerting, simple past and past participle inerted)

1. To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inter, inter-, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin iners.

Adjective

inert (feminine inerta, masculine plural inerts, feminine plural inertes)

1. inert

Derived terms

• gas inert
• inertament

Related terms

• inèrcia

Further reading

• “inert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

inert (comparative inerter, superlative am inertesten)

1. inert

Declension

Further reading

• “inert” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French inerte, from Latin iners.

Adjective

inert m or n (feminine singular inert?, masculine plural iner?i, feminine and neuter plural inerte)

1. inert

Declension