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prepatent

ADJECTIVE

dormant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

asleep comatose inert inoperative latent passive sidelined sluggish

WEAK

abeyant closed-down down fallow hibernating lethargic lurking on the shelf out of action potential quiescent slack slumbering smoldering suspended torpid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active alert awake conscious lively

ADJECTIVE

potential

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hidden likely possible probable

STRONG

budding future

WEAK

abeyant conceivable dormant embryonic imaginable implied inherent latent lurking plausible quiescent thinkable undeveloped unrealized within realm of possibility

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unlikely

WEAK

helpless impossible lacking unpromising

Example Sentences

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Figure 24.—Wilson’s prepatent model for his rotary hook, 1851.

From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Cooper, Grace Rogers