MOTIONLESSNESS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

motionlessness

noun

as in inertia

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Noun

The Stanford researchers estimated that sellers can roughly double revenue because of consumer inertia, when people forget or put off canceling, and cancellation friction, when ending a subscription takes too much time or effort.

— Barbara Booth, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
For more than two decades, bad science and bureaucratic inertia have resulted in women and physicians having an incomplete view of HRT.

— Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of inertia

Noun

People reported incidents from 10, 20, even 40 years ago, and claimed to have regretted their inaction ever since.

— Vanessa Bohns, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
One answer to such questions comes from the recent resignation of BOR Vice Chair Juanita James, who was appointed to head the search for a new CSCU chancellor, and faced her own criticism for alleged inaction over the problems within the BOR.

— Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of inaction

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The state Supreme Court granted the Florida Bar’s petition for interim suspension of Osvaldo Perez, who has been on administrative leave from the Hollywood Police Department since his arrest last November.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
The commission is looking into ways to make the temporary suspension permanent.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of suspension

Noun

The palace directive keeps their formal royal titles in abeyance, frames their charitable work as private and leaves contentious security arrangements to police and a government panel.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Their styles as His and Her Royal Highness remain in abeyance and are not used.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of abeyance

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