Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - becalmed

1. If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind. We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks is becalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be. (LITERARY) ...the becalmed peace talks. = stagnant ADJ