"stagnant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstæɡnənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-stagnant.wav [UK] 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, {{m|la|stagno||to form a pool of standing water}} stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”) 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  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), seisova (Finnish), abgestanden (German), piro (Maori), whakaroau (Maori), застоявшийся (zastojavšijsja) (Russian), estancado (Spanish), atascado (Spanish), stagnerande (Swedish), stillastående (Swedish), statisk (Swedish) Translations (without progress): pysähtynyt (Finnish), seisahtunut (Finnish), paikallaan pysyvä (Finnish), paikalleen jäänyt (Finnish), muuttumaton (Finnish), ummehtunut (Finnish), stagnierend (German), bezczynny (Polish), w zastoju (Polish), stagnant (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-stagnant-en-adj-YBXU-zRg Disambiguation of 'lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'without progress': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stagnant hypoxia, stagnantly, stagnancy Related terms: stagnate, stagflation

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