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Stagnant

//ˈstæɡnənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

    "a stagnant pool    stagnant water"

  2. 2
    Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale. figuratively

    "a stagnant economy    stagnant prices"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality wordnet
  2. 2
    not circulating or flowing wordnet

Etymology

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

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