stagnate
verb
stag·nate ˈstag-ˌnāt 
stagnated; stagnating
intransitive verb
: to become or remain stagnant
Example Sentences
a puddle of stagnating water
Recent Examples on the Web When health costs increase, wages stagnate, said Laurel Lucia, director of health care at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. 
Kristen Hwang And Ana B. Ibarra, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2022 Without independent agencies, smaller brands, which can’t afford in-house reps, stagnate. Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 July 2019 In contrast, iPhone 14 models have been tipped to stagnate, with Apple reusing the iPhone 13 chipset. Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 To reach the appropriate management level for these herd management levels, the BLM can remove animals and administer birth control to mares to stagnate population growth over time. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022 Some markets may experience a correction instead, where home prices gradually drop and then stagnate for months or years. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Global factors like the war in Ukraine continue to push these prices higher even as wages stagnate, especially for lower-income workers. Daniel Altman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Consumers are falling further behind as wages stagnate in a slowing economy. Paul Hannon, WSJ, 20 May 2022 The Immunization Partnership is sounding the alarm as childhood vaccination rates stagnate across the state. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 See More
Kristen Hwang And Ana B. Ibarra, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2022 Without independent agencies, smaller brands, which can’t afford in-house reps, stagnate. Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 July 2019 In contrast, iPhone 14 models have been tipped to stagnate, with Apple reusing the iPhone 13 chipset. Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 To reach the appropriate management level for these herd management levels, the BLM can remove animals and administer birth control to mares to stagnate population growth over time. Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2022 Some markets may experience a correction instead, where home prices gradually drop and then stagnate for months or years. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Global factors like the war in Ukraine continue to push these prices higher even as wages stagnate, especially for lower-income workers. Daniel Altman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Consumers are falling further behind as wages stagnate in a slowing economy. Paul Hannon, WSJ, 20 May 2022 The Immunization Partnership is sounding the alarm as childhood vaccination rates stagnate across the state. Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin stagnatus, past participle of stagnare, from stagnum body of standing water
First Known Use
1661, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
stagnate
verb
stag·nate ˈstag-ˌnāt
stagnated; stagnating
: to be or become inactive or still
Business has stagnated.
stagnating
adjective
as in lifeless
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lifeless
- unproductive
- fallow
- quiescent
- dormant
- vegetating
- inert
- idle
- nonproductive
- unusable
- asleep
- arrested
- ineffective
- latent
- useless
- ineffectual
- unworkable
- sleepy
- broken
- inoperable
- inactive
- kaput
- dead
- decommissioned
- deactivated
- inoperative
- nonfunctioning
- nonoperational
- nonoperating
- nonactivated
- nonfunctional
- kaputt
- nonoperative
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- operating
- active
- working
- functioning
- alive
- living
- live
- operational
- on
- going
- functional
- operative
- effective
- running
- viable
- usable
- workable
- effectual
- useable
- employable
- operable