stagnant
adjective/ˈstæɡnənt/
/ˈstæɡnənt/
- stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells unpleasant
- Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
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- not developing, growing or changing synonym static
- a stagnant economy
- a stagnant population
- The housing market has been largely stagnant over the past few months.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool’.
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