Collocations for inertia - noun
ADJ.
sheer | bureaucratic, institutional, organizational, political
VERB + INERTIA
lapse into
She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep.
She lapsed into inertia and lay there as if asleep.
overcome
The forces for change in the government are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia.
The forces for change in the government are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia.
PREP.
out of ~
He stayed where he was, not because he really wanted to, but out of inertia.
He stayed where he was, not because he really wanted to, but out of inertia.
through ~
Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer inertia.
Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer inertia.
PHRASES
a state of inertia