Possible Clues:

• Motionless, without current
• Award asbo to granny punching good man still
• Showing no activity like stale water
• Stale like still water
• *Not progressing (... first 4 letters + the last 3)
• Lethargic party type succeeded by new worker
• Only worth one buck to start with, but still it's all gone bad
• Sluggish male new worker succeeds
• Male worker round the north is not moving
• (Of water) motionless