stagnant
adjective
not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
stagnancy
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a word derived from
stagnant.
Example Sentences
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Industrial production helped the economy between July and September, despite trade uncertainty, with fixed capital investment also improving from stagnancy in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
It resembled the release we were all so desperate for at the time, over a year into the pandemic: The transformation of rage, sadness and stagnancy into something entirely new, like magic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Her absence is explained by a leap into a huge, wild change, placing the others' creative stagnancy in bold relief.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2021
More proof that he’s overcome stagnancy may come Sunday when Wagner could set yet another milestone in a career filled with them.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
In the beginning of this Year, 1759, Earl Marischal had been called out of his Neufchatel stagnancy, and launched into the Diplomatic field again; sent on mission into Spain, namely.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
