stagnant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stag·nant BrE [ˈstæɡnənt] NAmE [ˈstæɡnənt] adjective
1. stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells unpleasant
•Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
2. not developing, growing or changing
Syn: ↑static
•a stagnant economy
•a stagnant population
•The housing market has been largely stagnant over the past few months.

Word Origin:
[stagnant] mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  moribund, dead(a)