Vocabulary
Stagnation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To stop developing, progressing, moving
Urdu meaning
جمود / بے حرکت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The IMF warns that without dismantling these structures of `elite privilege`, economic stagnation will persist.
Dawn Editorials —
Economy on a cliff edge
— 2026-04-25
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For most, stabilisation has meant economic stagnation rather than recovery.
Dawn Editorials —
Fragile gains at risk
— 2026-03-14
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At a time when other states are expanding parental leave, mandating equal remuneration and dismantling job restrictions, stagnation has its own cost.
Dawn Editorials —
Rights on paper
— 2026-02-26
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This, he warned, is resulting in rising unemployment and the collapse of the manufacturing sector, and he aptly described the current so-called stability as stagnation.Who, then, would invest in Pakistan in such an environment?
Dawn Editorials —
Impoverishing expenditures
— 2026-01-23
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The first is that purchasing power stagnation (over a 10-year horizon) or erosion (over a five-year horizon) varied between urban and rural households.
Dawn Editorials —
A lost decade
— 2026-01-05
Synonyms
doldrums, stagnancy
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