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Synonyms:
inactive, motionless, still, sluggish, dormant
Motionless air or water – for healthy cannabis growth, water must drain and not become stagnant as well as you need good air circulation.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
stagnant (adjective)1.
a) not flowing in a current or stream - stagnant water
b) - stale long disuse had made the air stagnant and foul Bram Stoker
2.
not advancing or developing - a stagnant economy
Stagnant (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstæɡnənt/
Adjective
stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)
- Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.
- a stagnant pool
- stagnant water