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stagnant

[ stag-nuhnt ]

adjective

  1. not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
  2. stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
  3. characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement:

    a stagnant economy.

  4. inactive, sluggish, or dull.

    Synonyms: lazy, inert, dead, lifeless, dormant



stagnant

/ ˈstæɡnənt /

adjective

  1. (of water, etc) standing still; without flow or current
  2. brackish and foul from standing still
  3. stale, sluggish, or dull from inaction
  4. not growing or developing; static
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈstagnantly, adverb
  • ˈstagnancy, noun
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Other Words From

  • stagnan·cy stagnance noun
  • stagnant·ly adverb
  • un·stagnant adjective
  • un·stagnant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stagnant1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin stāgnant-, stem of stāgnāns “forming a pool,” present participle of stāgnāre “to form a pool of standing water, be inundated”; stagnate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stagnant1

C17: from Latin stagnāns , from stagnāre to be stagnant, from stagnum a pool
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Example Sentences

But given the stagnant media rights landscape, and the lack of discernible growth in central revenues, the Six Nations deal with CVC has aged badly.

From BBC

Reform will argue that Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives offer “the same old stagnant promises and policies”.

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Their wages will also be stagnant or effectively decrease because of inflation and other shocks to the economy.

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He added that while universities were under financial pressure and tuition fees had been stagnant, it was not the right time to hike them and risk putting students off joining.

From BBC

We need legislation to require that every school — or at least all schools with low and stagnant grades — bring the science of reading to its classrooms.

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