as in lifeless
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stagnating
Adjective
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Two members of our team quickly went to the area and found Bruno’s lifeless body on the shoulder of the road.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
3 May 2025 -
The star guard was lifeless for much of the night in an 3-for-9 performance from the floor.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Just discerning what worries are irrational and unproductive can be a great start in reducing them.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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In many organizations, there’s an unspoken perception that time spent chatting—especially in remote settings—equates to being unproductive.—
Toyna Chin,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Iran’s nuclear program goes fallow under international pressure.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rams Hill’s previous ownership went bankrupt and let the course go fallow, and the course’s rights to potable water were sold to the Borrego Springs Water District.—
Tod Leonard,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Just an hour south of the gaseous maelstrom otherwise known as the City of Angels lurks a quiescent hideaway called Terranea Resort, set like a rare gemstone on 102 acres of Palos Verdes Peninsula oceanfront.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Russia, for its part, went from being both weak and quiescent in the early 1990s to being a revanchist power, a spoiler with enough capability and cunning to be disruptive.—
Fareed Zakaria,
Foreign Affairs,
11 June 2019
Adjective
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Take a cutting a few inches long with several leaves to include a node (that brown bumpy thing which is a dormant growing point where the stem meets the leaf).—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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Shingles develops in people who have previously had chicken pox, a virus that remains dormant in the body after acute infections clear up and can be reactivated later in life.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Reusable drones allow operators to train on the actual platform, replacing live warheads with inert payloads.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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By adjusting power consumption dynamically, the tool could help reduce unnecessary background activity and extend battery life—especially during idle periods or when apps are not in active use.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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That's no idle pledge calculated to preserve market share — Keen has been steadily retooling the business for years to protect itself from sudden shifts in global trade and the vagaries of geopolitics.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Bring The Office Closer To Them As populations grow, the real challenge of coming to the office is long commute times and the resulting nonproductive cycles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Stagnating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnating. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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