- Making no progress - Moribund - That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or
steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a
stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. - Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
- Agents at fault stand without moving - Become fetid - Become inactive or unchanging - Cease to develop or flow - Make no progress - Remain inactive - To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood
stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by
want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
- Making no resistance. - One who maintains that no resistance should be made
to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised;
one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds
that violence should never be resisted by force.
- Making little or no sound - Motionless - Peaceful - Quite messy yet peaceful - Shhh! - Shush - In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or
agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.