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stalled

[stawld] / stɔld /

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deferred adj.
disabled adj.
motionless adj.
static adj.
stock-still adj.

ADJECTIVE

deferred

Synonyms

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delayed negotiated postponed

STRONG

adjourned assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed temporized

WEAK

held up in waiting indebted on hold on the shelf staved off

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WEAK

advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried

ADJECTIVE

disabled

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broken broken-down down in disrepair inoperative out of order out of service

STRONG

disconnected faulty malfunctioning on the fritz

WEAK

jammed wrecked

ADJECTIVE

motionless

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frozen immobile inert lifeless paralyzed stagnant stationary steadfast

WEAK

apoplectic at a standstill at rest becalmed dead deadlocked deathly firm fixed halted immotile inanimate numb palsied petrified quiescent quiet spellbound stable standing static still stock-still torpid transfixed unmovable unmoved unmoving

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alive lively mobile moving unfixed

WEAK

active busy

ADJECTIVE

static

Synonyms

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fixed immobile immovable passive stagnant stationary

STRONG

constant format stabile stable still

WEAK

at a standstill deadlocked gridlocked inactive inert latent rigid standing still sticky stopped stuck unchanging unfluctuating unmoving unvarying

Antonyms

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mobile movable moving unfixed unsteady

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inconstant unstable

WEAK

active changeable continuous variable

ADJECTIVE

stock-still

Synonyms

STRONG

still

WEAK

apoplectic at a standstill at rest becalmed dead deadlocked deathly firm fixed frozen halted immobile immotile inanimate inert lifeless numb palsied paralyzed petrified quiescent quiet spellbound stable stagnant standing static stationary steadfast torpid transfixed unmovable unmoved unmoving

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stalled

When cells were deprived of arginine, ribosomes, the cellular machines that assemble proteins, stalled while trying to produce MHC-1.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

However, Spurs, with new boss Ange Postecoglou recently appointed, stalled at the £25m fee and the move collapsed.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The FBI declined to make Patel available for an interview, noting that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department was the lead agency in the stalled investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

In March, Trump appointed Adams as the special presidential envoy for American tourism, exceptionalism and values — a position created for him after his nomination as ambassador to Malaysia stalled the previous year.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

They believed that if they stalled until after the November elections, the suffrage “fad” would probably lose steam.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

stalled

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