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languishing

[ lang-gwi-shing ]

adjective

  1. becoming languid, in any way.
  2. expressive of languor; indicating tender, sentimental melancholy:

    a languishing sigh.

  3. lingering:

    a languishing death.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-±ô²¹²Ôg³Ü¾±²õ³ó·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·±ô²¹²Ôg³Ü¾±²õ³ó·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of languishing1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; languish, -ing 2
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PIP cuts don't fit in to the narrative of providing opportunities to people who are languishing on the dole.

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"Hundreds of people are still languishing, detained, who should have been freed and should be supported in the community, because we haven't seen the progress that was promised," he told us.

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She told the BBC's Nolan Show that thousands of patients "are languishing on waiting lists that are longer than their life expectancy".

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Even as some cases fall apart in courts, many of those arrested are still languishing in jail awaiting a trial.

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Some donated heirloom quilts that had been languishing in closets.

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