stagnant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not circulating or flowing
    dead.
    • dead air
    • dead water
    • stagnant water
  2. adjective satellite not growing or changing; without force or vitality
    moribund.

WordNet

Stag"nant adjective
Etymology
L. stagnans, -antis, p.pr. of stagnare. See Stagnate.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913