The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INERTIA
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More clues leading to the result INERTIA
- Reluctance to move one near it, somehow
- I tear in to change passivity
- Lethargy from one in Cheers, after popular hospital series
- Sloth I train somehow round back of menagerie
- Reluctance to move, i.e. train broken down
- Sloth I train to run with energy
- Reluctance to move home, note, during extended period
- Unfortunately, I retain the lack of movement
- Sloth in a tree almost stirred, one having poked it
- Sloth's favourite time to eat it up
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The straight part
We know that "lack of movement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lack of movement = inertia.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INERTIA mean?
INERTIA noun- The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
- In a person, unwillingness to take action.
- Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.