adjective
- blocked or stuck due to a logjam; unable to move or progress
Usage: often used figuratively to describe situations, processes, or negotiations that are stalled
verb
- past tense and past participle of logjam; to cause or become blocked by a logjam
Usage: can refer to literal blockage of logs in water or figurative blockage of progress
Examples
- The river was logjammed after the heavy storm washed down many trees.
- Peace negotiations became logjammed when neither side would compromise.
- Traffic was logjammed on the highway due to the accident.
- The legislative process got logjammed in committee for months.
- The shipping port was logjammed with containers waiting to be processed.
- Their project logjammed when funding fell through.