Lifeless (5 letters)

{ Answer }

INERT

{ Related Clues }

___ gas
Immobile
Leaden
Motionless
Passive
Sluggish
Stationary
Still
Torpid
Unreactive
Adjective for argon
Dead to the world
Like helium
Like krypton
Like neon
Not active
Not mobile
Not moving
Not reacting
Unable to move
Apt to stay put
Like argon or krypton
Like a bump on a log
Like helium, chemically
Like some gases
Not quick to react
Hard to get a reaction out of

{ Tags }

argon, chemically, exanimate, gas, gases, helium, immobile, inert, krypton, lifeless, like, motionless, moving, neon, not, sluggish, some, still, torpid, unmoving, xenon

{ Notes }

The answer INERT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

INERT as an adjective:

1. unable to move or resist motion

2. (inert, indifferent, neutral) = having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

3. (inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid) = slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"