quiescent

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 14, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>quiescent</strong> &#149; \kwy-ESS-unt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> marked by inactivity or repose <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tranquilly">tranquilly</a> at rest</p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> causing no trouble or symptoms</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"'<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflation">Inflation</a>' means a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services, either at the consumer or producer level. It certainly is dormant or <em>quiescent</em> right now." — <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2019/07/28/real-world-economics-inflation-is-solved-dont-bank-on-it/">Edward Lotterman, <em>The St. Paul (Minnesota) Press</em>, 28 July 2019</a></p> <p>"Since the sequencing of the human <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genome">genome</a> in 2000, cancer therapies have moved closer toward personalized medicine—tailoring treatments to an individual's genetic fingerprint or DNA—to help predict responses to therapy or to flag differences between aggressive and <em>quiescent</em> disease." — <a href="https://www.floridatoday.com/story/life/wellness/2015/10/01/latest-breast-cancer-treatments/73083078/">Susan Jenks, <em>Florida Today</em> (Brevard County, Florida), 1 Oct. 2015</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Quiescent</em> won't cause you any pain, and neither will its synonyms <em>latent</em>, <em>dormant</em>, and <em>potential</em>—at least not immediately. All four words mean "not now showing signs of activity or existence." <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latent">Latent</a></em> usually applies to something that has not yet come forth but may emerge and develop, as in "a latent talent for opera s