Based on its use in this sentence, what is the connotative meaning of the word stagnant?

john, an aspiring actor, was criticized at his last audition for being stagnant and uninteresting.
still
quiet
standoffish
lifeless

Lifeless

Stagnant describes someone or something that has little or no movement or activity, or that it lacks flow, progress, freshness or vitality, as it were lifeless.

The other options are incorrect because someone or something can be still, quiet, standoffish and still show some sense of progress or vitality or be active in some way.

awnser:

over the two days of the convention, presided over by lucretia’s husband james mott, the declaration of sentiments was read and its resolutions debated. the ninth resolution continued to be the most controversial, particularly because the attendees were predominantly quaker, and quaker men often declined to vote. freed slave and newspaper editor frederick douglass argued for approval of the resolution and convinced the audience of its necessity. at the end of the convention, about 100 of the attendees signed the declaration, although some removed their names later due to criticism.