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Quagmire

/ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

📖 Definitions of "Quagmire"

noun
  1. 1

    A swampy, soggy area of ground.

    "That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots"

  2. 2

    A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

    "The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy."

verb
  1. 1

    To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.

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