quagmire

/ˈkwɒɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/

noun

A swampy, soggy area of ground.
"That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers' boots"
Similar: marsh, marshland, mire, quag
A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.
"The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy."

verb

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