0 to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: --
1 to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time: --
Members of Congress have introduced plans, but those have languished.
2 to be weak or fail to improve: --
Traditional industries continue to languish or disappear.
Both of them would languish under a multiplicity of opinions and never be confronted with what is just and true.
The aggregate of his advisors' views lent little enthusiasm to the administration's proposals, and in the absence of presidential involvement the issue languished.
At this social level, few women were at liberty to languish on their couches due to the pressing responsibilities of management.
The bill languished in the chamber until 1924, when it passed.
They languished in prison, a few escaped, some died, but none were required to face the court.
One goes free, while thousands languish their lives away.
There is no doubt that in the absence of media support, the student frame would have languished indefinitely in relative obscurity.
Despite these significant contributions, he has languished in obscurity.
