Period of harmful stasis (10)

I believe the answer is:

stagnation

(Other definitions for stagnation that I've seen before include "It's still" , "Process of reducing activity" , "sluggish" , "Cessation of movement" , "standstill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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