stagnate
verb
stag·nate
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stagnated;
stagnating
Definition of stagnate
: to become or remain stagnant
Examples of stagnate in a Sentence
a puddle of stagnating water
Recent Examples on the Web
The last half-century has seen a golden age of digital innovation, yet rates of poverty have stagnated, inequality has soared and sustainability seems farther out of reach. — Kentaro Toyama, The Conversation, "Bring on the technology bans!," 19 Aug. 2019 Japan had cut itself off from the outside world for hundreds of years and was stagnating in nearly every way, leading to stirrings of internal dissent. — Brendan Simms, WSJ, "Jared Diamond’s ‘Upheaval’ Reviewed: Nations at the Turning Point," 14 June 2019 One is a push to scale up the technology for recording thousands of neurons firing simultaneously (rather than, say, recording only a couple of hundred, which is where the standard had stagnated). — Quanta Magazine, "Her Key to Modeling Brains: Ignore the Right Details," 19 June 2018 The economy largely stagnated under al-Bashir and sharply deteriorated last year, leading to the protests that eventually brought him down. — Washington Post, "AP Interview: Sudan PM seeks end to country’s pariah status," 26 Aug. 2019 America's housing market has stagnated for four years. — Anneken Tappe, CNN, "Rates are low, and mortgages are cheap. So why aren't Americans buying more homes?," 9 Aug. 2019 Wages have stagnated or declined for the less educated as well. — Steven A. Camarota, National Review, "Unskilled Immigration Lowers Labor-Force Participation," 25 July 2019 As a result, opportunities for women to advance to company leadership roles have stagnated in recent years. — New York Times, "A Prosperous China Says ‘Men Preferred,’ and Women Lose," 16 July 2019 Its economy has stagnated, which puts people off having children. — The Economist, "Why Germany’s birth rate is rising and Italy’s isn’t," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stagnate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for stagnate
stagnate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of stagnate
: to stop developing, progressing, moving, etc. : to be or become stagnant
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stagnate
verb
stag·nate
| \ ˈstag-ˌnāt
\
\
stagnated;
stagnating
Kids Definition of stagnate
: to be or become inactive or still
Business has stagnated.
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