Antonyms for on the alerton the alert

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1. on the alert

   Vigilant implies more sustained activity and more intelligent volition than alert; one may be habitually alert by reason of native quickness of perception and thought, or one may be momentarily alert under some excitement or expectancy; one who is vigilant is so with thoughtful purpose. One is vigilant against danger or harm; he may be alert or watchful for good as well as against evil; he is wary in view of suspected stratagem, trickery, or treachery. A person may be wakeful because of some merely physical excitement or excitability, as through insomnia; yet he may be utterly careless and negligent in his wakefulness, the reverse of watchful; a person who is truly watchful must keep himself wakeful while on watch, in which case wakeful has something of mental quality. Watchful, from the Saxon, and vigilant, from the Latin, are almost exact equivalents; but vigilant has somewhat more of sharp definiteness and somewhat more suggestion of volition; one may be habitually watchful; one is vigilant of set purpose and for direct cause, as in the presence of an enemy. Compare ALERT.

   Antonyms:
   careless, drowsy, dull, heedless, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless, unwary

   Synonyms:
   alert, awake, careful, cautious, circumspect, on the lookout, sleepless, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake

How to use on the alert in a sentence?

1. Paddy Ankunda:

   They have always made plots against Uganda, we're always on the alert and we'll keep defeating their plot.

2. Card Grondorf:

   If you have a teen driver, you have the ability to set a speeding alert, and it alerts you when the car goes over that speed limit.

3. Muriel Spark:

   One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must live it to the full.

4. Evo Morales:

   Sisters and brothers, I leave for Mexico, grateful for the detachment of the government of that brother town that gave us asylum to take care of our lives, it hurts to leave the country for political reasons, but I will always be alert.

5. World Bank:

   For some countries, it’s a red alert, we need to find ways to adjust the debt burden, so that the burden of debt on people in poorer countries can be reduced dramatically.

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