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stagnant

/ˈstæɡnənt/ adjetivo C1

En español: estancado, inmovilista

  1. Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness. · a stagnant pool stagnant water
  2. Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale. (figuratively) · a stagnant economy stagnant prices· Their love had turned stagnant.
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The attitude had drawn all the stagnant blood to the face, and no man could have recognised that distorted liver-coloured countenance; but his height, his dress, and his hair were all sufficient to show my client, when we had drawn the body up, that it was indeed his missing butler.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 22 · B2
Even the most insignificant problem would be welcome in these stagnant days.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 98 · C1
It was difficult to realise as we looked at the line of fine shops and stately business premises that they really abutted on the other side upon the faded and stagnant square which we had just quitted.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2

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