as in withdrawn
not comfortable around people
a recessive genius who was most comfortable working alone in his chemistry lab
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Recent Examples of recessive
For a deer to be born albino, both parents must carry the recessive gene.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Sometimes the recessive partner feels coerced by the dominant one.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Others are recessive and only show up if both copies are the same.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
My condition, recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa, leaves me with a four-degree central field of tunnel vision, which will go away with time.
—Ingrid Barnes, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Sometimes the recessive partner feels coerced by the dominant one.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Others are recessive and only show up if both copies are the same.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
My condition, recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa, leaves me with a four-degree central field of tunnel vision, which will go away with time.
—Ingrid Barnes, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recessive
Adjective
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The withdrawn San Francisco drama, about lonely nonbinary nanny and restaurant server Cass (Asia Kate Dillon), is simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Jade and John told Dateline both had noticed their daughter was acting a bit withdrawn in the period leading up to her disappearance.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Our analysis looking at US Treasury data shows foreign investors owned just shy of $17 trillion of US stocks as of Q2 2024, which is the latest available information.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Justin’s 10 birdies Sunday were one shy of the Masters single-round record, held by Anthony Kim (second round in 2009).—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Eichel’s lone hat trick of the season came on March 25 at Xcel Energy Center in a 5-1 win over the Wild.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2025
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Coogler wrote Remmick as an empathetic and charismatic villain — so much so that IndieWire critic David Ehrlich’s lone knock on the film is that, by design, the darkness of the vampires is more about the fun of being alive than the usual horror movie terror.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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By using stories to share ideas and offer suggestions, introverted leaders can seem more relatable and approachable to their subordinates.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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According to the study, introverted mice were most likely to revisit problem-solving tasks repeatedly, unlike their bolder friends.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Recessive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recessive. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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