Adjective
- 1. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid, inactive (vs. active)
- usage: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
- 2. dormant, hibernating(prenominal), torpid, asleep(predicate) (vs. awake)
- usage: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
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