as in frozen
not flowing or moving
They were warned against drinking the stagnant pond water.
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Recent Examples of stagnant
Improving ventilation is another factor, especially in basements where air can get stagnant.
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Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026
Conservationists aim to restore the annual number of returning adult salmon and steelhead to 5 million, but the population, on average, has been stagnant at around 2 million for decades.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
January stirs something brave inside you, urging you to release the tired logic that kept you safe but stagnant.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
These large declines were not seen in the rest of the country, where the number of private sector workers remained stagnant most months or saw slight increases.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2026
Conservationists aim to restore the annual number of returning adult salmon and steelhead to 5 million, but the population, on average, has been stagnant at around 2 million for decades.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
January stirs something brave inside you, urging you to release the tired logic that kept you safe but stagnant.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2026
These large declines were not seen in the rest of the country, where the number of private sector workers remained stagnant most months or saw slight increases.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stagnant
Adjective
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Sylist Renato Campora used the continuous Marcel wave technique, tucking under her ends and creating a glossy, frozen finish.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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Work from the direction of the faucet toward the frozen area.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The senior from Cibolo fell face-first to the ground and remained motionless as trainers made their way to the field.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Jan. 2026
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Ahead of Waymo’s 2026 self-driving ride-hailing fleet rollout in Nashville, a recent mass power outage in San Francisco left many of its vehicles motionless.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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My nowhere keeps coming, snow the still center of it all.—
Marianne Boruch,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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The video ends with various still images of Machado with Stern and his team.—
Julian Zamora,
CNN Money,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Stagnant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnant. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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