stagnancy
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stag·nant
(stăg′nənt)adj.
1. Not flowing or moving, and often foul-smelling or stale: stagnant ponds; stagnant air.
2. Showing little or no activity or vitality; inactive or sluggish: a stagnant economy; a stagnant mind.
[Latin stāgnāns, stāgnant-, present participle of stāgnāre, to be stagnant; see stagnate.]
stag′nan·cy n.
stag′nant·ly adv.
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Noun 1. stagnancy - inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
2. stagnancy - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
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