stagnant
adjective
[ ˈstaɡnənt ]
• (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.
• "a stagnant ditch"
Similar:
still,
motionless,
immobile,
inert,
lifeless,
dead,
standing,
slack,
static,
stationary,
foul,
stale,
dirty,
filthy,
putrid,
putrefied,
brackish,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool’.
