stagnant

CEFRC1

/ˈstæɡnənt/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not moving, growing, or changing.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.

Examples

  • Running water is cleaner than stagnant water.

  • The giraffes were quenching their thirst in the stagnant pool.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

More examples

In context

  • You shouldn't drink stagnant water.

  • Their love had turned stagnant.

  • a stagnant economy stagnant prices

Synonyms

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The water in the pond became blank because it had no fresh inflow.

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Origin

adjective

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).