"stagnant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstæɡnənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-stagnant.wav Forms: more stagnant [comparative], most stagnant [superlative]
Etymology: From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|stagnant|}} French stagnant, {{der|en|la|stagnans|}} Latin stagnans Head templates: {{en-adj}} stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
  1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
    Sense id: en-stagnant-en-adj-tnQt~lWU
  2. (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive. Tags: figuratively Translations (lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still): застоял (zastojal) (Bulgarian), estancat (Catalan), 停滯的 (Chinese Mandarin), 停滞的 (tíngzhì de) (Chinese Mandarin), seisova (Finnish), abgestanden (German), piro (Maori), whakaroau (Maori), застоявшийся (zastojavšijsja) (Russian), estancado (Spanish), atascado (Spanish), stagnerande (Swedish), stillastående (Swedish), statisk (Swedish) Translations (without progress): 停滯不前的 (Chinese Mandarin), 停滞不前的 (tíngzhì bù qián de) (Chinese Mandarin), pysähtynyt (Finnish), seisahtunut (Finnish), paikallaan pysyvä (Finnish), paikalleen jäänyt (Finnish), muuttumaton (Finnish), ummehtunut (Finnish), stagnierend (German), bezczynny (Polish), w zastoju (Polish), stagnant (Romanian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stagnant hypoxia, stagnantly, stagnancy Related terms: stagnate, stagflation
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without progress",
      "word": "bezczynny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without progress",
      "word": "w zastoju"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without progress",
      "word": "stagnant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stagnant"
}

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