inertia
/ɪˈnɜr·ʃə/ n [U]Definition
› the tendency not to change what is happening: Many teachers were reluctant to use computers in their classrooms simply out of inertia. › physics Inertia is the force that causes something moving to tend to continue moving, and that causes something not moving to tend to continue not to move.
(Definition of inertia n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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