Abeyant (Adjective)
Meaning
Inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The land had lain abeyant for years, waiting for the right investor to come along and develop it into a thriving community.
- His passion for music had been abeyant since college, but picking up the guitar again brought back all the old emotions.
- The volcano had been abeyant for centuries, but recent rumblings hinted at a possible eruption in the near future.
- The company's plans for expansion had been abeyant due to the economic downturn, but they were now ready to move forward.
- The old mine had stood abeyant for decades, a relic of a bygone era, until a new wave of explorers came to revive its fortunes.