- stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
--1 is a kind of inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
- doldrums, the doldrums - a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
--2 is a kind of wind, air current, current of air