latent
adjective
[ ˈleɪt(ə)nt ]
• (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.
• "they have a huge reserve of latent talent"
Similar:
dormant,
quiescent,
inactive,
untapped,
unused,
undiscovered,
hidden,
unrevealed,
unexpressed,
concealed,
unapparent,
indiscernible,
imperceptible,
invisible,
inert,
covert,
unseen,
veiled,
masked,
lurking,
undeveloped,
unrealized,
unfulfilled,
potential,
not activated,
inoperative,
in abeyance,
suppressed,
repressed,
possible,
likely,
underlying,
inherent,
innermost,
immanent,
inchoate,
unacknowledged,
subconscious,
unconscious,
sleeping,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin latent- ‘being hidden’, from the verb latere .
