through inertia

Frequency: 6.05.8 per million words

Indicates that inertia is the cause of a particular (often negative) outcome.

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Examples (10)

  • Projects were frequently abandoned through inertia.
  • The reform process stalled through sheer inertia.
  • Many decisions were made through political inertia, not careful planning.
  • She continued working at the same job through a kind of emotional inertia.
  • The old systems remained in place through organizational inertia.
  • We failed to adapt to the new market demands through a lack of foresight and inertia.
  • His lack of progress was largely due to working through pure inertia rather than motivation.
  • The car continued to roll down the hill through its own inertia after the engine died.
  • Change is often resisted through human inertia.
  • The plan failed to gain momentum through sheer inertia.