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Monday, December 10, 2012

I don't think that is what that word means...

Police report: "I observed latent footprints throughout the scene which had a distinctive tread pattern."

Latent: present but not visible, apparent, or actualized

Oops.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous1:34 AM

    He's probably confusing it with "old."

    The opposite of latent would be patent. If he saw patent footprints, those footprints would be obvious.

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