stagnant
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈstæɡnənt/
:
estancado
- After months of no progress, the team's enthusiasm began to feel stagnant.
- remain stagnant
- become stagnant
- a stagnant economy
Maybe things have been stagnant, maybe things are not exciting.
- Maybe things have been stagnant, maybe things are not exciting.
- I have felt stagnant in my faith lately.
- They're gaining weight from livers that are stagnant and sluggish.
- I'm never complacent and stagnant and just like, OK, enough's enough.
- In life you should be, you should not be stagnant.
- But inside it's very, it's very stagnant, stable air.
- Why does it feel like, you know, wages are staying stagnant, but the cost of college is going up?
- And a great story is never stagnant.
Examples
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The air in the room felt heavy, hot, and stagnant despite blowers and air conditioners.
Fiction book (1998) -
I have felt stagnant in my faith lately.
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Maybe things have been stagnant, maybe things are not exciting.
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And if nothing changes, it is stagnant, it is not alive.
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Why does it feel like, you know, wages are staying stagnant, but the cost of college is going up?
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In fact, there is evidence that student writing achievement has been stagnant for years.
Academic text (2013) -
Our plan to revitalize the town is to remove all symbols of our stagnant past.
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The general pattern has been one of emigration from poor, stagnant areas to richer and more dynamic ones.
Academic text (2008) -
The fountain in the center of the park was stagnant, green algae lapping at the rim.
Fiction book (1997) -
The air in the room felt heavy and stagnant despite the open windows.
Synonyms
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1.0
Still and quiet, without movement or life, like water
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5.2
Not active now but able to become active later
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4.4
Not active or growing, for example in business
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6.7
Stuck doing the same boring things and not making progress for a long time
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8.1
Not moving or changing for a time
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9.1
Being almost dead and no longer active, with little sign of life
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Lack of oxygen in parts of the body because blood moves very slowly, often in heart failure
- Specialized
When blood moves too slowly, parts of the body do not get enough oxygen
How Stagnant
Surface Forms
Morphology
stagnant = stagnate (semi-transparent) = stagn + ant
For learners who know 'stagnate', the meaning of 'stagnant' is fairly inferable, but the learned -ate/-ant alternation is not a fully productive everyday pattern.
Etymology
Stagnant comes from the old Latin word stagnum, meaning 'standing water' or 'pool'. Picture a pond that does not move — that image of still water helps you remember that something stagnant is not changing, moving, or growing.