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[ adjective ] potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

Examples

"a latent fingerprint" "latent talent"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

However , even if the latent demand for demythologization is not nearly as widespread as we are claiming , at_least among the cultured elements of the population there tends to be an almost complete indifference to the church and its traditional message of sin and grace .

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[ adjective ] not presently active

Examples

"latent infection" "latent diabetes"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

`` Moriarty '' , my driver suddenly exclaimed with something so definite , so final in his tone I once_more repeated the absurdity , mustering all my latent powers of hypocrisy to sound convinced .

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