languish

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languish  /ˈlæŋɡ wɪʃ/ ? Meaning of "languish"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  2. (v) have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  3. (v) become feeble

Synonym(s)

pine away, waste, ache, pine, yearn, yen

Usage(s):

  1. The undertrials were languishing in the jail before the firebrand lawyer took up their cause and had them released from jail.
  2. Even before the Eurozone crisis there were many who were languishing under makeshift shelters but now the problem has become extremely precarious.
  3. The practice that was unwittingly halted still languishes because of bureaucratic ineptitude.
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