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The Clue
Becomes inactive (9 letter answer)
The Answer
STAGNATES
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Notes
The answer STAGNATES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Lacks activity
Definition
STAGNATE as a verb:
1. stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
2. cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
3. cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
4. (idle, laze, slug, stagnate) = be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"