stagnant
IPA: stˈægnʌnt
adjective
- Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
- (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
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Examples of "stagnant" in Sentences
- The water is stagnant.
- Demographically, the community is stagnant.
- During the 1950s the Irish economy remained stagnant.
- We experienced a more peaceful but stagnant matriarchy.
- The centre of the bog is wet with stagnant water in places.
- The river is almost stagnant except during the rain season.
- The water in the bog is stagnant, acidic, and nutrient poor.
- The modem market in the 1970's was very simple and stagnant.
- Due to it remote location, the population of settlements was stagnant.
- Close to the end of the campaign, Barr's polling numbers remained stagnant.
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