stagnating

adjective

as in lifeless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stagnating
  1. lifeless
  2. unproductive
  3. fallow
  4. dormant
  5. quiescent
  6. inert
  7. idle
  8. nonproductive
Adjective
  • Tyronne Brazille, 50, was pulled over by police in Memphis for a traffic violation on Thursday when officers found the lifeless body of his wife, Lanessa Bradford, 50, in the passenger seat of his vehicle with a gunshot wound, WREG reported.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Yankees, meanwhile, didn’t score again after Grisham’s homer, continuing an extended stretch that has seen the Bombers’ lifeless lineup repeatedly spoil stellar starting pitching.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifeless
Adjective
  • The most important driver is the unit economics of campus recruitment + making inexperienced, unproductive new workers productive.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The new class of legislators will inherit a body marked by a tense and often unproductive last few years, including budgetary delays and accusations of poor communication and transparency.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of unproductive
Adjective
  • The farm system, which looked so fallow a year ago, is showing many of the same signs of revitalization as the parent club.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • In recent days, the property remained largely fallow, other than the thick underbrush and countless weeds that choked the site, which is about one-third of an acre in size, this news organization’s direct observation of the property shows.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Definition of fallow
Adjective
  • Former SpaceX engineers think a long-dormant nuclear reactor experiment is key to meeting the power needs of data centers.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Hawaii, meanwhile, rightfully earns its place thanks to its dramatic terrain, with 25 active and dormant volcanoes—the most of any state in the study—as well as 543 waterfalls and Mauna Kea, one of the tallest mountain summits in the country.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dormant
Adjective
  • Experts believe the volcano is currently in a quiescent state, but researchers monitor it around the clock.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • For galaxies with a quiescent supermassive black hole, astronomers measure how quickly the stars tightly packed near the center of the galaxy are traveling.
    — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
Definition of quiescent
Adjective
  • The offense was inert under his direction, recording just one first down in two series.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Creating life anew, breathing life into something that is inert, is fascinating to me.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • Most humanoid models run for up to four hours while sitting idle.
    — Elaine Yu,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of laymen, actuated solely by idle curiosity, received little more than a crick in the neck for their pains.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • North Dakota adopted a bill last year requiring a legislative council to study the feasibility of using nonproductive wells to generate geothermal power.
    — Maria Gallucci, Wired News, 16 May 2026
  • Returning nonproductive properties to the tax rolls, creating jobs and boosting the quality of life are only some of the benefits of redeveloping troubled properties.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Definition of nonproductive
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