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stagnant

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

not flowing or developing; inactive and stale

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Stagnant in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing stagnant in a sentence.

Mosquitoes bred in the stagnant pond.

Synonyms
motionlessstaleinert
Antonyms
flowingdynamic
Common questions

Questions about “stagnant

Stagnant (adjective) means not flowing or developing; inactive and stale
Here is stagnant used in an example sentence: "Mosquitoes bred in the stagnant pond."
Common synonyms for stagnant include motionless, stale, inert.
Antonyms of stagnant include flowing, dynamic.
Stagnant is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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