quiescent

Adjective
  1. Not active or activated (synset 300043450)
    "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
    similar to: inactive - not exerting influence or change
  2. Marked by a state of tranquil repose (synset 301929517)
    "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
    similar to: quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
  3. Being quiet or still or inactive (synset 300041131)
    similar to: dormant, inactive - (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
  4. (pathology) causing no symptoms (synset 300038736)
    "a quiescent tumor"
    referred to in: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
    similar to: inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

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