stagnant

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    not circulating or flowing
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality

Word Origin

stagnant (adj.)
1660s, from French stagnant (early 17c.), from Latin stagnantem (nominative stagnans), present participle of stagnare "to stagnate" (see stagnate). Related: Stagnancy (1650s); stagnantly.

Synonym

Example

1. Many people still think japan is broke and stagnant .
2. Some saw a rising east replacing a stagnant west .
3. Further reforms to revitalise the stagnant economy are expected soon .
4. You 're waiting to feel the toxic stagnant codependency .
5. Asia offers a hedge against a stagnant europe .

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