1. an uncertain period of waiting or a state of uncertainty
2. in some Christian beliefs, a place where souls exist after death but cannot enter heaven
Usage: religious
3. a West Indian dance in which dancers bend backward to pass under a horizontal bar

Examples

• The project has been in limbo for months while we wait for approval.
• After graduation, she felt stuck in limbo between student life and her career.
• The immigration application left the family in legal limbo.
• According to medieval theology, unbaptized infants went to limbo.
• At the beach party, everyone tried the limbo dance.
• He won the limbo contest by bending incredibly low under the bar.
• The negotiations remain in limbo until both sides agree to meet.