Dormant
Dormant adjective - Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.
Usage example: the engine lay dormant in the garage until we found a use for it
Nearby Word: dormancy
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the car has been running for almost an entire day
Both words in one sentence
- The elder Davan was also the star of a Spin-Off strip running 70 years in the past, though it's been dormant for years.
Source: Dead Guy Junior - In a later episode, Aang, Sokka, and Toph are running through tunnels within a dormant volcano with no problem running over the rock crust that has formed over a river of magma or soaring over an underground lake of the stuff.
- To keep their Island Military Base running, and the populace cozy they depend on teams of dormant Zombie Infectee Disaster Scavengers (the eponymous "Zombie Hunters") to venture out into "the Wastes" and risk getting bitten to retrieve much-needed salvage.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class 1
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