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# stagnant

adjective

«stagnant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stagnant water is still and does not flow, so it becomes dirty, smelly and full of germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#m1)
2. In a general sense, something stagnant is dull and not changing or growing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a stagnant pool or marsh is dirty and dangerous, and a stagnant life is dull and lifeless

### Examples

- The pond was stagnant and smelled bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#x1)
- Do not drink stagnant water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#x2)
- Mosquitoes breed in stagnant puddles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#x3)
- After a year in the same job, his life felt stagnant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stagnant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stagnant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stagnant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stagnant.html) on Mova free.