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stagnant

/ˈstæɡnənt/

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adjective

Not flowing or developing; dull and unchanging.

The stagnant pool smells unpleasant.
Prices look stagnant this month.
He feels stagnant in this job.

Adinary Nuance

Near-neighbors: stagnant suggests a lack of movement or progress, whereas dull implies boring plainness, and inert suggests an inactive resistance to change. Choose stagnant for systems or markets; prefer dull for routine tasks and inert for substances that resist action.

In other languages

Spanish: Estancado
Japanese: 停滞した
Korean: 정체된
Vietnamese: Ổn, không thay đổi
Chinese: 停滞的

Common phrases

stagnant waterstagnant marketstagnant career

Synonyms

still motionless sluggish

Related words

still dull inert motionless sluggish

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