stagnant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stag·nant /ˈstæɡnənt/ adjective 1 NOT MOVINGstagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad 〔水或空气〕不流动的，污浊的，发臭的 a stagnant pond 死水塘2 PROGRESS#not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition 不发展的，停滞不前的 a government plan to revive the stagnant economy 政府振兴低迷经济的计划
Examples from the Corpus
stagnant• Ticket sales have been stagnant.• A hundred shirtless men worked, sweating, in practiced synchronization in the hot, stagnant air of the clearing.• By contrast, people who become stagnant at midlife dry out and shrink like prunes.• Everyone knows it's a stagnant market.• We'd pick coffee from October to January, but January is called the stagnant month.• He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him.• The moss grows in stagnant pools of water.• The country's musical artificiality and stagnant stupidity drably undermines the development of its youth.• Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.• The road peters out in a mass of marshy grass and stagnant water.From Longman Business Dictionarystagnantstag‧nant /ˈstægnənt/ adjective not changing, developing, or making progressIndustrial output has remained stagnant.Corporate profits are slumping (=falling suddenly) because of a stagnant domestic economy.stag·nant adjectiveChineseSyllable
and often move or or air flow does Business Corpus stagnant not water
stagnant
stag‧nant /ˈstæɡnənt/
adjective
1. stagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad:
a stagnant pond
2. not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition:
a government plan to revive the stagnant economy
stag‧nant /ˈstæɡnənt/
adjective1. stagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad:
2. not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition: