noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ sheer
▪ bureaucratic , political
VERB + INERTIA
▪ overcome
▪
The forces for change are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ out of ~
▪
He stayed where he was, not because he really wanted to, but out of ~.
▪ through ~
▪
Projects were frequently abandoned through sheer ~.
PHRASES
▪ a state of ~