inertia

/ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/ sustantivo C2

En español: inercia

The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. (countable, uncountable)
In a person, unwillingness to take action. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. (countable, uncountable)

Plural inertias

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Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its steel-grey, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind.

Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 7 · B2

Overcoming entrenched bureaucratic inertia and endless parliamentary debates, they hastily passed a bill to completely overhaul the metropolitan drainage system in record time.

The Great Stink and the Engineering of a Modern Metropolis, p. 1 · C2

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