languish
verb (used without object)
to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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By which point Lynch’s nomination will have languished for more than five months.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2015