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stagnant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stagnant \Stag"nant\, a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr of stagnare. See {Stagnate}.] 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence impure or foul from want of motion; as a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. 2. Not active or brisk; dull; as business in stagnant. That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson. For him a stagnant life was not worth living. --Palfrey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stagnant adj 1: not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water" [syn: {dead(a)}] 2: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: {moribund}]
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