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stagnant
/ ˈstæɡnənt /
adjective
- (of water, etc) standing still; without flow or current
- brackish and foul from standing still
- stale, sluggish, or dull from inaction
- not growing or developing; static
Derived Forms
- ˈstagnantly, adverb
- ˈstagnancy, noun
Other Words From
- stagnan·cy stagnance noun
- stagnant·ly adverb
- un·stagnant adjective
- un·stagnant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stagnant1
Example Sentences
Of course, declining or stagnant wage growth started well before this president took office.
Wages are stagnant and middle-class household incomes continue to decline.
Cory Gardner and others hammered on stagnant wages for the middle class.
Views on the controversial subject, Pew notes, have been more or less stagnant since 2005.
The stagnant pool of green water at the bottom of the ditch rises slightly.
But he forgot the stagnant town, the bald-headed man at the club window, the organ and "The Manola."
A germ flies from a stagnant pool, and the laughing child, its mother's darling, dies dreadfully of diphtheria.
He was a refuge from herself; in his imperious demands her memory slept, her depths were stagnant.
A stagnant pool among some reeds caught the reflection of the sunset and changed on the instant into raw gold.
It was low and flat, and was traversed by broad ditches, generally full of stagnant water.
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