quagmire
(noun)
noun
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Similar word(s): mire, morass, quag, slack
Definition categories: object, bog
Sentences with quagmire as a noun:
- That quagmire regularly 'swallows' caught-up hikers' boots
- The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
- Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union