languish
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gwɪʃ verb (used without object)
1.
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
2.
to lose vigor and vitality.
3.
to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress: to languish in prison for ten years.
4.
to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored: a petition that languished on the warden's desk for a year.
5.
to pine with desire or longing.
6.
to assume an expression of tender, sentimental melancholy.
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languish (ˈlæŋɡwɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to lose or diminish in strength or energy |
| 2. | ( |
| 3. | to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect: to languish in prison |
| 4. | to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression |
| [C14 languishen, from Old French languiss-, stem of languir, ultimately from Latin languēre] | |
| 'languishing | |
| —adj | |
| 'languishingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'languishment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
languish
c.1300, from languiss-, pp. stem of O.Fr. languir "be listless," from V.L. *languire, from L. languere "be weak or faint" (see lax). Related: Languished; languishing.
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Example sentences
They add context to data that might otherwise languish as disconnected content.
Many others likely languish in jail due to similarly mistaken beliefs about the accuracy of memory.
The best teachers are not valued and tend to either leave voluntarily or they languish in the adjunct system.
The family condemned her to languish there for thirty years.
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