stagnant.
Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
Meaning & usage
Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.
a stagnant pool stagnant water
Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.
a stagnant economy stagnant prices
Their love had turned stagnant.
Where this word comes from
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
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