Shiftlessness vs Inertia - What's the difference?
shiftlessness | inertia |
(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.
* Carlyle
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
As nouns the difference between shiftlessness and inertia
is that shiftlessness is the property of being shiftless while inertia is (physics|uncountable|or|countable) the property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.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.