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
The bottom line is that responsibility for today’s rising positive results for COVID-19 and other once quiescent ailments like pertussis runs directly through Kennedy and Trump.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Throughout most of modern history, it was thought that prudent government debt management involved bringing down the ratio of debt to GDP during quiescent periods of growth in order to store fiscal ammunition for the next crisis.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Khanna is one of a number of progressive congressional Democrats encouraged by the party to appear in red-district town halls in an attempt to rebut impressions that the party is quiescent in the face of Trump’s onslaught.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But just because a stock has been quiescent for a while is no reason to disdain it.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Throughout most of modern history, it was thought that prudent government debt management involved bringing down the ratio of debt to GDP during quiescent periods of growth in order to store fiscal ammunition for the next crisis.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Khanna is one of a number of progressive congressional Democrats encouraged by the party to appear in red-district town halls in an attempt to rebut impressions that the party is quiescent in the face of Trump’s onslaught.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But just because a stock has been quiescent for a while is no reason to disdain it.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiescent
Adjective
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But my interpreter and guide, Alex Kotchev, a Bulgarian who has spent more than two decades living and eating attentively in Sapporo, steered me instead to Menya Saimi, in a sleepy residential neighborhood a half hour's subway ride from the city center.—
Alex Halberstadt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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Rogan began the show in his customary posture of sleepy truculence.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The crowd was slow to fill out FedEx Forum on Wednesday evening, an unsurprising development considering the two players whose jersey dotted the stands – Steph Curry and Ja Morant – were both inactive.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Ramona High Key Club was originally chartered in 1983 but went inactive for the 2004-05 term, said Kiwanis member Chris Bertolero.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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But for at least a little while, within the confines of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, there was a glimmer of a life in a contest that has been largely inert.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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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,
24 Feb. 2026
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Free money was great for stock-market investors, but Main Street’s recovery was torpid.—
Roger Lowenstein,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2026
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That obviously transformed what, like a previous probe by Cleaning Lady producers Warner Bros TV, had been a rather torpid investigation into something much more urgent.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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Being in my late 50s, getting cosmetic treatments to tackle sagginess, wrinkles, fine lines, and a dull complexion has certainly crossed my mind.—
Cathy Nelson,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Wipe off any excess so the pan looks dull, not shiny.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Quiescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiescent. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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