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dormant

/'dɔrmənt/

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adjective
inactive but capable of becoming active
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"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

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abeyant inactive
adjective
lying with head on paws as if sleeping
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sleeping unerect
adjective
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
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"dormant buds"

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hibernating torpid asleep
adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
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"a dormant volcano"

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inactive quiescent

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active

Synonyms & Similar Words

sleeping asleep inactive hibernating dormancy torpid abeyant unerect quiescent