Inequity
(In*eq"ui*ty) n. Want of equity; injustice; wrong. "Some form of inequity." H. Spencer.

Inequivalve
(In*e"qui*valve In*e`qui*val"vu*lar) a. (Zoöl.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

Ineradicable
(In`e*rad"i*ca*ble) a. Incapable of being eradicated or rooted out.

The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable.
Ld. Lytton.

Ineradicably
(In`e*rad"i*ca*bly), adv. So as not to be eradicable.

Inergetic
(In`er*get"ic In`er*get"ic*al) a. [Pref. in- not + energetic, - ical.] Having no energy; sluggish. [R.] Boyle.

Inergetically
(In`er*get"ic*al*ly), adv. Without energy. [R.]

Inerm
(In*erm" In*er"mous) a. (Bot.) Same as Inermis.

Inermis
(||In*er"mis) a. [L. inermis, inermus; pref. in- not + arma arms: cf. F. inerme.] (Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. Gray.

Inerrability
(In*er`ra*bil"i*ty) n. Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike.

Inerrable
(In*er"ra*ble) a. [L. inerrabilis. See In- not, and Err.] Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. "Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne. "Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.

Inerrableness
(In*er"ra*ble*ness) n. Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility. Hammond.

Inerrably
(In*er"ra*bly), adv. With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.

Inerrancy
(In*er"ran*cy) n. Exemption from error.

The absolute inerrancy of the Bible.
The Century.

Inerratic
(In`er*rat"ic) a. Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established.

Inerringly
(In*err"ing*ly) adv. Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. Glanvill.

Inert
(In*ert") a. [L. iners, inertis, unskilled, idle; pref. in- + ars art: cf. F. inerte. See Art.]

1. Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.

2. Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.

The inert and desponding party of the court.
Macaulay.

It present becomes extravagant, then imbecile, and at length utterly inert.
I. Taylor.

3. Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.

Syn. — Inactive; dull; passive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; lazy; lifeless; irresolute; stupid; senseless; insensible. — Inert, Inactive, Sluggish. A man may be inactive from mere want of stimulus to effort; but one who is inert has something in his constitution or his habits which operates like a weight holding him back


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