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stalled

[stawld] / stɔld /
ADJECTIVE
deferred
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
Antonyms
WEAK
advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried
ADJECTIVE
disabled
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
alive lively mobile moving unfixed
WEAK
active busy
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 standing still sticky stopped stuck unchanging unfluctuating unmoving unvarying
Antonyms
STRONGEST
mobile movable moving unfixed unsteady
STRONG
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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Nick Reiner entered his not guilty plea in February, but his case has otherwise been stalled by procedural delays.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Chagossians, evicted from the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 1970s, are left in limbo by the stalled agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Plans for a sign language bill for Northern Ireland had been in the pipeline for a number of years, but stalled during several collapses of power-sharing.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Oil prices rose more than 2% as stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks and the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz raised concerns over a prolonged energy shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

But the work stalled; the connection between genes and pigments was far too complicated to yield a workable hypothesis.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee