Meaning & use
Mouldering
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Slowly decaying or crumbling into dust, especially due to age, neglect, or damp conditions.
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Old letters lay mouldering in a forgotten trunk in the attic.
The abandoned mansion had been mouldering away for decades.
A note on using this word
British spelling of "moldering"; often used figuratively to describe institutions or ideas in decline.
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flourishing
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