stagnate
IPA: stˈægneɪt
verb
- To cease motion, activity, or progress:
- (of water, air, etc) To cease to flow or run.
- (of water, air, etc) To be or become foul from standing.
- To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.
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Examples of "stagnate" in Sentences
- The French economy threatens to stagnate.
- Later development of the machine stagnated.
- There is no need for the article to stagnate.
- He said further regulations on Wall Street would "stagnate" the economy.
- Gawker. com: Huffington has allowed citizen journalism project to 'stagnate'
- It's incredibly disingenuous to say that they've been "sitting on" or letting Lemmings "stagnate":
- Desch expects revenues to "stagnate" next year, says Uwe Geilker, a member of Desch's executive board.
- If there's cement there and there's no communication that means we have what we call stagnate oil trapped around that casing up to the well head.
- NUJ Release: Mass meeting at FT after only 11 volunteer for redundancy Gawker. com: Huffington has allowed citizen journalism project to 'stagnate'
- Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, told Croydon employment tribunal that he ordered the restructuring to ensure that the performance of the website did not "stagnate".
- During a hearing at a Croydon employment tribunal, Sky Movies director Ian Lewis said that he had instigated the restructure to ensure that the website did not "stagnate".