quagmire
/ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)//ˈkwæɡ.maɪəɹ/
noun
- 1
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
“That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots”
- 2
A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
“The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.”
verb
- 1
To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
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