stagnant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.

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From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

motionless stale standing still

stagnate stagflation

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