stagnating

adjective

Definition of stagnatingnext
as in lifeless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stagnating
  1. lifeless
  2. unproductive
  3. fallow
  4. quiescent
  5. dormant
  6. inert
  7. idle
  8. nonproductive
Adjective
  • Her house is pristine and lifeless, reflecting Pansy’s own sense of joylessness.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Overly minimalistic spaces, while once celebrated, now risk feeling cold and lifeless, lacking the layers that make a home truly engaging.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of lifeless
Adjective
  • And as the current informal, borderline illicit NP model shows, there is a path to convincing profit-seeking employers to say yes to unproductive workers: revenue must at least cover direct costs.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Photo: Gillian Laub Parents might be nostalgic for an era when children spent their days outside throwing rocks, absorbed in productively unproductive play, but actually re-creating that ideal can feel impossible.
    Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of unproductive
Adjective
  • In Wide Sargasso Sea, Bertha is imagined as a girl originally named Antoinette, raised in Jamaica on a fallow sugar plantation after the abolition of British slavery.
    Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Glastonbury previously announced that 2026 will be a fallow year, meaning that a festival won’t be held, making demand for next summer’s event even higher.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of fallow
Adjective
  • This large, circulating cloud of material, including hot gases enriched in oxygen, was found to be absent from quiescent galaxies that had ceased star formation.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • There is no guarantee that the crisis will remain quiescent for much longer.
    Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of quiescent
Adjective
  • Many plants go dormant, with their tops dying back and all their energy stored safely below ground.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The five-square-mile island is almost entirely a hilly volcano (dormant, don’t worry) and with very little flat land to host an airport.
    Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of dormant
Adjective
  • After the mission, the second stage will be made inert and remain in space as orbital debris.
    RICHARD TRIBOU ORLANDO SENTINEL (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Once the skip at the reception area is full, the waste is emptied into the landfill, where it is then covered with inert material to minimise the release of gases or liquids and then compacted.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • Back in Action, which arrives on Netflix Jan. 17, follows couple Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx) who went into hiding to lead an idle, crime-free life as new parents.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Following some idle chat with bartender Callie (Kelly Lynn Reiter), Frank simply retires to his room, where he’ll be plagued as usual by combat nightmares.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of idle
Adjective
  • Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.
    Carlo J.V. Caro, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2017
Definition of nonproductive
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stagnating

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