as in sleepy
slow to move or act
a group of quiescent loungers recovering from the Thanksgiving feast
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Recent Examples of quiescent
In its first winter, the larva enters a quiescent state, pausing its development until conditions improve.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This large, circulating cloud of material, including hot gases enriched in oxygen, was found to be absent from quiescent galaxies that had ceased star formation.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
There is no guarantee that the crisis will remain quiescent for much longer.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025
In a quantum era like this one, the quiescent forces pose serious threats to financial and infrastructure systems.
—Dr. Reji Thomas, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This large, circulating cloud of material, including hot gases enriched in oxygen, was found to be absent from quiescent galaxies that had ceased star formation.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
There is no guarantee that the crisis will remain quiescent for much longer.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025
In a quantum era like this one, the quiescent forces pose serious threats to financial and infrastructure systems.
—Dr. Reji Thomas, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiescent
Adjective
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Submissions already include some stunning wildlife photography, including a sleepy lion cub on a dirt road, a mountain goat standing in a field of wildflowers, and a rhinoceros strolling in India.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Turning off bright bedroom-ceiling lights and flicking on table or floor lamps can help your brain ease into sleepy mode each evening.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But he’s been inactive for much of the last three years.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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While the Kenya Moore Hair Spa website is inactive, as of writing, bookings can still be done on Style Seat, a beauty services website, for multiple services, including silk presses, trims, blow outs, protein treatments, sew ins, quick weaves, take downs, scalp analyses, and wig installations.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Spring, after all, ushers in new beginnings with nature bursting into color and life after the cold, harsh inert winter.—
Paul Laudicina,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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An exciting, eventful first half, loaded with Dutch opportunities, gave way to a torpid stretch after halftime that, until Gakpo’s goal, had tilted toward Senegal.—
Ben Shpigel,
New York Times,
21 Nov. 2022
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The sequel, by contrast, is torpid, clogged with lengthy but uninteresting tête-à-têtes and generally lacking in vigor, even in the two blowout battle scenes in the final act.—
Kyle Smith,
WSJ,
10 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Quiescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiescent. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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