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standing still

ADJECTIVE

static

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fixed immobile immovable passive stagnant stationary

STRONG

constant format stabile stable still

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mobile movable moving unfixed unsteady

STRONG

inconstant unstable

WEAK

active changeable continuous variable

Example Sentences

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Rigs are standing still, while oil-loading berths along the Persian Gulf are empty.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Alphabet stock is nearing a $5 trillion market cap—and the Google parent hasn’t gotten there just by standing still.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Maruthappu believes the bigger risk is standing still.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

And it felt like time was standing still, even though you would think that there would be a sense that we were rushing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

If the raven were acting like a photon, then an observer on the train and the person standing still would have to agree on the value for the raven’s speed.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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