Stagnate
verb
To stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing.
His career started to stagnate after many years in the same job.
Often appears as...
- economy stagnate
- career stagnate
verb
To be or become sluggish and dull.
After the initial excitement, the party started to stagnate.
Often appears as...
- party stagnate
- atmosphere stagnate
verb
To stop flowing or circulating.
The water in the pond stagnates in the summer heat, becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Often appears as...
- water stagnate
- air stagnate
verb
To stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing.
His career started to stagnate after many years in the same job.
Often appears as...
- economy stagnate
- career stagnate
verb
To be or become sluggish and dull.
After the initial excitement, the party started to stagnate.
Often appears as...
- party stagnate
- atmosphere stagnate
verb
To stop flowing or circulating.
The water in the pond stagnates in the summer heat, becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Often appears as...
- water stagnate
- air stagnate
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Career Context
Use 'stagnate' to describe a lack of progress in jobs or skills.
Without new challenges, your abilities might stagnate.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stagnate' often implies dissatisfaction or a need for change.
She felt her creativity stagnate in a monotonous routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Usage
In business contexts, 'stagnate' suggests a company is not thriving.
The firm's profits began to stagnate after the recession.
Pro Tip 1/3Career Context
Use 'stagnate' to describe a lack of progress in jobs or skills.
Without new challenges, your abilities might stagnate.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stagnate' often implies dissatisfaction or a need for change.
She felt her creativity stagnate in a monotonous routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Usage
In business contexts, 'stagnate' suggests a company is not thriving.
The firm's profits began to stagnate after the recession.
Pro Tip 1/3Career Context
Use 'stagnate' to describe a lack of progress in jobs or skills.
Without new challenges, your abilities might stagnate.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Stagnate' often implies dissatisfaction or a need for change.
She felt her creativity stagnate in a monotonous routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Business Usage
In business contexts, 'stagnate' suggests a company is not thriving.
The firm's profits began to stagnate after the recession.
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that produces fruits forever. He got the words right. He got the words right. Continuous improvement. There's a counterexample, which should be instructive as well. So you and I are both of an age where we remember the first oil embargo and the energy crisis that caused with stagnation and inflation at the same time. Gerald Ford was president.
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that are really capable of buying the products and services that are being produced. If you don't have that, then you run the risk of economic stagnation, or maybe even a declining economic spiral, as there simply aren't enough customers out there to buy the products and services being produced. It's really important to realize
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United by Ping Pong,...
went to jail a couple of times I said never again and now I might be a little bit older but I don't get in trouble do anything wrong I never was a thief or I just never was a really bad person I got back to being wrong supposed to be I'm not ashamed of it it is what it is but I've grown I don't stay stagnating and
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Erik Brynjolfsson: The...
It's applying for legal, banking and medical jobs, and getting some of them. Isn't it ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines, perhaps the most important invention in human history, some people are arguing that innovation is stagnating? Like the first two industrial revolutions,
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The key to growth? Race...
medical jobs and getting some of them isn't ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines perhaps the most important invention in human history some people arguing that innovation is stagnating like the first two industrial revolutions the full implications of the new machine age are
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Hanna Rosin: New data on...
So watch that. You see them both drop out of the middle class. Watch what happens to the women. Watch what happens to the men. The men sort of stagnate there, while the women zoom up in those high-skill jobs. So what's that about? It looks like women got some power boost on a video game,
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
In the early days of covid, a lot of us were struggling with fear, grief and isolation. But as the pandemic dragged on with no end in sight, our acute anguish gave way to chronic languish. We were all living in “Groundhog Day.” It felt like the whole world was stagnating.
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David Deutsch: A new way...
They even arrived at answers, such as myths, that dominated their lives, yet bore almost no resemblance to the truth. The tragedy of that protracted stagnation
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The Latin America that...
societies that experience extreme political polarization inevitably suffer economic stagnation without the politics of moderation neither Brazil nor
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Kitra Cahana: My father,...
The mouth moves. We never stagnate. Life triumphs up and down. Kitra For most of us, our muscles begin to twitch and move
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How to decarbonize the...
that produces fruits forever. He got the words right. He got the words right. Continuous improvement. There's a counterexample, which should be instructive as well. So you and I are both of an age where we remember the first oil embargo and the energy crisis that caused with stagnation and inflation at the same time. Gerald Ford was president.
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
that are really capable of buying the products and services that are being produced. If you don't have that, then you run the risk of economic stagnation, or maybe even a declining economic spiral, as there simply aren't enough customers out there to buy the products and services being produced. It's really important to realize
Video examples
United by Ping Pong,...
went to jail a couple of times I said never again and now I might be a little bit older but I don't get in trouble do anything wrong I never was a thief or I just never was a really bad person I got back to being wrong supposed to be I'm not ashamed of it it is what it is but I've grown I don't stay stagnating and
Video examples
Erik Brynjolfsson: The...
It's applying for legal, banking and medical jobs, and getting some of them. Isn't it ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines, perhaps the most important invention in human history, some people are arguing that innovation is stagnating? Like the first two industrial revolutions,
Video examples
The key to growth? Race...
medical jobs and getting some of them isn't ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines perhaps the most important invention in human history some people arguing that innovation is stagnating like the first two industrial revolutions the full implications of the new machine age are
Video examples
Hanna Rosin: New data on...
So watch that. You see them both drop out of the middle class. Watch what happens to the women. Watch what happens to the men. The men sort of stagnate there, while the women zoom up in those high-skill jobs. So what's that about? It looks like women got some power boost on a video game,
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
In the early days of covid, a lot of us were struggling with fear, grief and isolation. But as the pandemic dragged on with no end in sight, our acute anguish gave way to chronic languish. We were all living in “Groundhog Day.” It felt like the whole world was stagnating.
Video examples
David Deutsch: A new way...
They even arrived at answers, such as myths, that dominated their lives, yet bore almost no resemblance to the truth. The tragedy of that protracted stagnation
Video examples
The Latin America that...
societies that experience extreme political polarization inevitably suffer economic stagnation without the politics of moderation neither Brazil nor
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Kitra Cahana: My father,...
The mouth moves. We never stagnate. Life triumphs up and down. Kitra For most of us, our muscles begin to twitch and move
Example 1 of 10
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Shawn Achor
American Educator
What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afraid of happiness because they think we'll stagnate or we'll be blind: that if I'm happy now, I won't keep fighting as hard. If I'm happy now, I won't push as hard to make a better world. That's what pleasure does. Joy does the exact opposite.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation.
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Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
There are many countries in the world that when they reached the middle-income stage, they witnessed serious structural problems such as growth stagnation, a widening wealth gap and increasing social unrest.
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Rekha
Indian Actress
I am real, my motto is not to allow myself to stagnate in any which way, be it emotional, mental, physical and practical, I feel I have conquered the deep recesses of my life.
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Guy Ryder
British Scientist
Workers' disillusionment is deepened by the knowledge that, as their average wages grow slowly or stagnate, the very wealthy are growing significantly wealthier.
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Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.
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Javed Jaffrey
Indian Actor
It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.
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Shaun Evans
English Actor
Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.
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Marc-Andre ter Stegen
German Athlete
The most important thing is not stagnating, to keep improving.
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Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
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Shawn Achor
American Educator
What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afraid of happiness because they think we'll stagnate or we'll be blind: that if I'm happy now, I won't keep fighting as hard. If I'm happy now, I won't push as hard to make a better world. That's what pleasure does. Joy does the exact opposite.
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Sharan Burrow
Welsh Activist
When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation.
Quote examples
Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
There are many countries in the world that when they reached the middle-income stage, they witnessed serious structural problems such as growth stagnation, a widening wealth gap and increasing social unrest.
Quote examples
Rekha
Indian Actress
I am real, my motto is not to allow myself to stagnate in any which way, be it emotional, mental, physical and practical, I feel I have conquered the deep recesses of my life.
Quote examples
Guy Ryder
British Scientist
Workers' disillusionment is deepened by the knowledge that, as their average wages grow slowly or stagnate, the very wealthy are growing significantly wealthier.
Quote examples
Tan Cheng Bock
Singaporean Politician
In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.
Quote examples
Javed Jaffrey
Indian Actor
It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.
Quote examples
Shaun Evans
English Actor
Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.
Quote examples
Marc-Andre ter Stegen
German Athlete
The most important thing is not stagnating, to keep improving.
Quote examples
Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
Example 1 of 10
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