abeyant
On hold now
Abeyant describes something temporarily inactive or suspended, awaiting resolution or reactivation.
The word appears mainly in legal and formal contexts: The claim remained abeyant until the court reconvened.
Property rights, titles, or proceedings held in abeyance are abeyant.
The term is uncommon outside technical writing.
Awaiting resolution or decision
- deferredSet aside until later
- on holdTemporarily not proceeding
- in limboState of uncertainty
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
stayed · adjourned · paused · halted · intermitted · moratorium · tabled · shelved
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- unrealizedNot made actual
underlying · incipient · embryonic · inchoate · unmanifested · quiescent · implicit · tacit
Without activity or purpose
- staticWithout motion or change
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- motionlessLacking all movement
- inoperativeNot able to function
passive · torpid · still · immobile · stationary · inert · resting · lethargic
pending
Awaiting resolution or decision
mothballed · stayed · adjourned · paused · halted · intermitted · moratorium · tabled · shelved · postponed
dormant
Inactive but capable
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
unrealized · underlying · incipient · embryonic · inchoate · unmanifested · quiescent · implicit · tacit · hidden
idle
Without activity or purpose
- staticWithout motion or change
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- motionlessLacking all movement
inoperative · passive · torpid · still · immobile · stationary · inert · resting · lethargic · sluggish