Adjective a recessive genius who was most comfortable working alone in his chemistry lab
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Plunking this recessive central figure down into a stale mix of tropes and themes — fraught homecoming, terminally ill mother, aggrieved LGBTQ child — Pallaoro fails to tap into anything especially surprising or insightful. Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022 Surely this is the most recessive self-portrait in the history of art. Eric Gibson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The genes a child inherits from their parents help dictate some innate qualities later in life, depending on what genes, from which parent, are dominant or recessive. Jon Michail, Forbes, 23 May 2022 But there was this recessive gene in the party that went through the Pat Buchanans and Sarah Palins.New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022 Well, that’s the only part of him that’s not recessive.New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022 Elsewhere, male leads can be recessive, and the battles-of-the-sexes dynamic works far better when there’s a MacMurray, a Grant, a Flynn or a William Powell on the other side of the see-saw. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022 In fact, consumers almost won’t recognize it as a Shiner product — the Shiner is pretty recessive on the packaging. Richard Webner, Chron, 30 Jan. 2022 From the start, critics complained about a main character who seemed dangerously recessive, observing other people’s foibles in loosey-goosey comic sketches that barely added up.New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
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The ability to generate double-recessives would have been a valuable lab tool in itself. Jennifer Kahn, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2020 See More