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languishing

adjective as in weak

Strong matches

adjective as in pensive

Strong matches

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He says mandatory medical and care management reviews were not always happening, leaving some patients' conditions untreated, and some "were languishing in crisis for weeks… for months".

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Beaten 3-1 at lowly West Ham last weekend, Newcastle are languishing in 14th place and have failed to win an away league match in nine attempts since April.

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The rights group says that 18 doctors and dozens of other health professionals from Gaza are still languishing without charge in Israeli prisons.

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The proles languishing on the tarmac for hours can take heart—your suffering is an assist to the Democratic brand.

It was a result that left travel-sick Newcastle languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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