Questão de Língua Inglesa

Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows. ‘‘The committee’s decision was met not with overt resistance, but with a subtle form of acquiescence that concealed deep-seated dissent. Beneath the veneer of compliance lay a quiet determination to subvert the policy through procedural inertia rather than direct confrontation’’. In the context of the passage, the expression “procedural inertia” most nearly conveys the idea of: