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dormant
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
2
: marked by a suspension of activity: such as
b
: temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated
3
b
: having the faculties suspended : sluggish
c
: having biological activity suspended: such as
(1)
: being in a state of suspended animation
(2)
botany : not actively growing but protected (as by bud scales) from the environment —used of plant parts
Example Sentences
The seeds will remain dormant until the spring. Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.
Recent Examples on the Web So after a smoking hot market in 2021, the most expensive neighborhoods have gone quite dormant. 
Frederick Peters, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 In its profusion of local groups, its library public-room conclaves, the Tea Party harked back to a kind of civic activism that had gone largely dormant in American politics. New York Times, 19 July 2022 Kale leaves grow sweet and tender in the frost, and garlic gone dormant becomes spicy and plump the next summer. Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 Hope and anticipation have not gone dormant, have not settled in abeyance, just in impatience. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022 The leaders also hope to rebuild relationships that had gone dormant in the previous administration, including a high-level security dialogue. Kevin Liptak, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021 The Astros' bats have gone dormant at the absolute worst time. Matt Young, Chron, 31 Oct. 2021 Once perennials have gone dormant for the season (usually by late fall), mow the plants down to about four to six inches to help reduce off-season weed growth. Daryl Beyers, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2021 Although that law was designed to go into effect in the event Roe was overturned, Romanick wrote that, because the law has been in place and lain dormant for 15 years, there was no argument that the state would be harmed if the law was blocked. Max Thornberry, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022 See More
Frederick Peters, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 In its profusion of local groups, its library public-room conclaves, the Tea Party harked back to a kind of civic activism that had gone largely dormant in American politics. New York Times, 19 July 2022 Kale leaves grow sweet and tender in the frost, and garlic gone dormant becomes spicy and plump the next summer. Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 Hope and anticipation have not gone dormant, have not settled in abeyance, just in impatience. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022 The leaders also hope to rebuild relationships that had gone dormant in the previous administration, including a high-level security dialogue. Kevin Liptak, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021 The Astros' bats have gone dormant at the absolute worst time. Matt Young, Chron, 31 Oct. 2021 Once perennials have gone dormant for the season (usually by late fall), mow the plants down to about four to six inches to help reduce off-season weed growth. Daryl Beyers, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2021 Although that law was designed to go into effect in the event Roe was overturned, Romanick wrote that, because the law has been in place and lain dormant for 15 years, there was no argument that the state would be harmed if the law was blocked. Max Thornberry, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, fixed, stationary, from Anglo-French, from present participle of dormir to sleep, from Latin dormire; akin to Sanskrit drāti he sleeps
First Known Use
circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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