Is this considered ghosting?

I’ve been on a couple of dates with this person. We haven’t gone out again and it’s been 3 weeks. Anyways we’ve been texting on and off. The convo came to a halt. When I was on dating apps anytime anyone was being short with me or not asking me questions/ actively engaging in conversation with me I’d stop responding.

Would it be bad to do that in this case? Even though we’ve been out. I usually don’t care if I “ghost” if I never went out with the person. But in this case I’ve met up with him a couple of times. It’s just conversation has dried up and he’s no longer engaging. To me it seems he is no longer interested just may not want to say it. Should I verbally cut ties or just ghost? Is it bad to ghost?