- 1in a difficult or unpleasant situation that you cannot escape from The country was mired in recession. His reasons for leaving are mired in confusion.
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- 2stuck in deep mud
mired
adjectiveNAmE//ˈmaɪərd//
[not before noun] mired in something (literary)Check pronunciation: mired