stationary

  • adjective 1 not moving. 2 not changing in quantity or condition.

  — USAGE Take care to distinguish between stationary and stationery: stationary is an adjective meaning ‘not moving or changing’, whereas stationery is a noun meaning ‘paper and other writing materials’.

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