stagnant

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The roots of Venezuela’s current system go back to the 14-year rule of former President Hugo Chávez, a former paratrooper elected in 1998 after almost two decades of deepening wealth inequality and stagnant living standards.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s a lot to be said about a stagnant economy that functions, where there’s no growth, but people’s living standards remain about the same,” said Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, an economist at Virginia Tech.

From The Wall Street Journal

When you roll or glide these products across the skin, you're helping stagnant fluid move away from the face and towards the lymph nodes, where it can drain naturally.

From BBC

The duties came as the company was facing a triple whammy of cratering sales in China, stagnant demand in Europe and the costs of investing into electric cars despite patchy demand.

From Barron's

And while emissions have now been trending downwards or stagnant for almost two years, any decline is not yet substantial.

From Barron's