Inertia vs Listlessness - What's the difference?
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(physics, uncountable, or, countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
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(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
The state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.
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As nouns the difference between inertia and listlessness
is that inertia is the property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass while listlessness is the state of being listless; indifference; lethargy.inertia
English
(wikipedia inertia)Noun
- Men have immense irresolution and inertia .
Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.