stagnant

Modifying Another Word

• economically: Europe is becoming economically stagnant, its share of world trade falling.
• largely: GT - You're on record as calling frozen desserts " a largely stagnant area.
• not: Having fresh, new content every month, or better, every day, will show that your site is not stagnant.
• virtually: In the extreme, a reservoir may become virtually stagnant.
• very: But laughing at hope and change and progress along with all of this makes the world a very stagnant, self-referential place.
• rather: Protozoa can be found in ponds, pools, or in any place where water is rather stagnant.

Preposition: for

• year: One shows that wages for most people have been stagnant for years.

Modifies a noun

• pond: Does he drink out of stagnant ponds or rivers?
• pool: During later stages of our march through the jungle, men drank from stagnant pools which were often full of mosquito larvae.
• water: Near muddy or stagnant water, gutters, sinks, the kitchen & bathroom, ruins, compost heaps, dark or secret places.
• economy: A stagnant trading economy is one that does not change to meet market changes.
• air: Air quality A lack of air movement can lead to pockets of stagnant air where mold can grow more easily.
• energy: These should be hollow to force the stagnant energy to flow freely in this helpful sector.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: The group's international sales remained stagnant compared to last year's 5 percent decrease.
• become: Europe is becoming economically stagnant, its share of world trade falling.
• get: I don't want to get stagnant in one job, one career or one thing.
• appear: Five years on however, and Viacom appears stagnant, and technologically unable to move with the times.
• feel: I'd been swimming most of the year, but was feeling stagnant.
• go: If the housing market goes stagnant then their income will greatly reduce.

Preposition: in

• year: I see real wages growth as being quite stagnant in the next few years.