Vocabulary
Inertia
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.
Urdu meaning
بے عملی، سستی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Given the impasse and the rise in our own problems due to the war, we must focus on the latter too especially as our rulers show unity and speed on global problems but inertia on internal ones.
Dawn Editorials —
Struggling at home
— 2026-04-28
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Aggrieved masses may then find themselves facing the ire of the state.So, our international alacrity and internal inertia are not at odds but syn-ergistic.
Dawn Editorials —
Struggling at home
— 2026-04-28
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The inertia is the result of rulers who don`t have the capacity to ensure broad progress nor the desire to share their riches, as the reforms require.
Dawn Editorials —
Struggling at home
— 2026-04-28
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The alacrity on external links helps gain geostrategic rents to `fix` economic inertia, delay reforms and curb dissent.
Dawn Editorials —
Struggling at home
— 2026-04-28
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Such indifference is more than bureaucratic inertia; it signals a dangerous disregard for national heritage.
Dawn Editorials —
Preserving heritage
— 2026-03-30
Synonyms
inactivity, inaction, inactiveness, inertness, passivity, apathy, accidie, malaise,
Antonyms
activity, energy
Curator example
“the bureaucratic inertia of the various tiers of government”
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