"doldrums" in the noun sense
1. 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"
2. doldrums
a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
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