adjective
- stuck in mud or wet ground
- involved in or stuck in a difficult situation
Usage: figurative
verb
- past tense of mire; stuck or caused to stick in mud
Examples
- The truck became mired in the muddy field after the storm.
- She felt mired in paperwork and couldn’t see a way out.
- The negotiations were mired in disagreement for months.
- His boots were mired in the swamp’s thick mud.
- The company became mired in legal troubles.
- The car mired itself deeper with each attempt to move forward.
- They were mired in debt after the business failed.