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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In other cases, the reasons for transferring may not be as clear-cut—for instance, a student simply didn’t mesh with the social scene on campus or doesn’t like the sleepy town their college is located in.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This recently opened hotel on the sleepy island of Folegandros is set high on the cliffside, surrounded by 80 acres of rugged nature and with the Aegean Sea directly in front.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Doubs was also inactive in Weeks 13-14 due to a concussion.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Lawyers for Byrd and Smart & Safe Florida are appealing Sjostrom’s decisions at the 1st District Court of Appeal, with the state challenging part of the ruling dealing with inactive voters and the committee appealing the part of the ruling about out-of-state petition gatherers.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Instead, dealers usually adulterate their drugs, combining fentanyl with inert powders such as sugar and baby powder, or mixing in other drugs to stretch the active ingredient.—
Charles Fain Lehman,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 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,
19 Jan. 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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Engaged to be married to the rich but dull George (played by John Lund), Lord wears a scene-stealing ring throughout the film, its central stone elegantly flanked by a pair of tapered baguettes.—
Rachel Garrahan,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
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The world would be so dull if that were true.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Quiescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiescent. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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