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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | dormant, idle, inert, neglected, quiescent, resting, slack, uncultivated, undeveloped, unplanted, unplowed, unproductive, unseeded, untilled, unused, vacant, virgin |
| Antonyms: | active, cultivated, developed, used |
| Main Entry: | dormant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive; sleeping |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose, down, fallow, hibernating, inert, inoperative, latent, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action, passive, potential, prepatent, quiescent, sidelined, slack, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid |
| Antonyms: | active, lively |
| Main Entry: | quiescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | asleep, at rest, deactivated, dormant, fallow, idle, immobile, in abeyance, inert, inoperative, latent, motionless, passive, quiet, slumbering, stagnant, still |
| Antonyms: | active |
| Main Entry: | sterile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive, clean |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
| Antonyms: | dirty, fruitful, productive |
| Main Entry: | uncultivated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cultivated |
| Synonyms: | arid, barbaric, barbarous, coarse, crass, crude, fallow, lowbrow, rough, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, undeveloped, unfarmed, unplowed, untilled, wild |
| Antonyms: | cultivated |
| Main Entry: | sanitized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncreative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, unimaginative, uninfected, uninspired, uninventive, unoriginal, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninventive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sterile |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead*, decontaminated, desert, desolate, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, germ-free, hygienic, impotent, infecund, infertile, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, uncreative, unfruitful, unimaginative, uninfected, uninspired, unoriginal, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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