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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latent |
| Synonyms: | dormant, inactive, inoperative, quiescent, sleeping, suspended |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | potential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, budding, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, likely, lurking, plausible, possible, prepatent, probable, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, unrealized, within realm of possibility |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impossible, lacking, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | undetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not determined |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, doubtful, equivocal, faint, indeterminate, irresolute, obscure, pending, unclear, undecided, unknown, unproven, unsettled, vague, wavering |
| Antonyms: | determined |
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