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Mired

[mahy^uhr]

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noun

a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.

ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.

verb (used with object)

to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.

to involve; entangle.

to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.

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verb (used without object)

to sink in mire or mud; stick.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Old Norse mȳrr bog; cognate with Old English mēos moss

Related forms

un·mired, adjective

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Example Sentences

Many transit-oriented developments are moving forward after being thwarted by the economic downturn and mired in local red tape.

Decades later the region is mired in old world and new forms of terrorism.

Drivers mired in a jam learn to cede control to the powers that be, becoming at one with the universe as.

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Many transit-oriented developments are moving forward after being thwarted by the economic downturn and mired in local red tape.

Decades later the region is mired in old world and new forms of terrorism.

Drivers mired in a jam learn to cede control to the powers that be, becoming at one with the universe as.

Work on embryonic stem cells has long been mired in controversy.

The bill as a whole, however, remains mired in partisan debate.

Since the planet is mired in corruption, it's no surprise that her students become caught up in a plot.

Yet a series of reviews in recent years found that the testing operation is mired in bureaucracy and poorly coordinated.

Unlike their male championship counterparts in basketball, their season was not mired in scandals.

America was mired in stagflation, with an unemployment rate nearing double digits.

Embryonic stem cell work has long been mired in controversy.

E-books are currently mired in the same foolish protection schemes as music was a few years back.

He began his presidency promising to fight corruption but was mired in internal political divisions and rumors of coup attempts.

They get mired in the particulars and cannot make the leap to the abstract ideas the writer is getting at.

They are both mired in scandals and there needs to be new leadership to take things forward on both sides of the divide.

He became estranged from his family, mired in debt, and afraid for his life.

They may even have resources to pay for college instead of getting mired in student loan debt.

But the region's next largest economies were still mired in recession.

One of those cases is still mired in pretrial litigation.

Let's not get mired down in a discussion and special pleading over the increase in technology costs.

Mired in debt, the city sold the building to an investor who found a pretext to terminate the leases.

If it melts and you've got heavy equipment on it, it gets mired.

Even so, the country remains mired in poverty and neglect.

It was clear from the start that the subject he wanted to study was mired in controversy.

America is still mired in two seemingly endless wars, and the threat of terrorism persists.

Unfortunately bubble fusion is also mired in controversy.

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Word Origin & History

mire

c.1300, from O.N. myrr "bog, swamp," cognate with O.E. mos "bog" (see moss). The verb is first attested c.1400 in the figurative sense of "to involve in difficulties." Related: Mired; miring.

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Medical Dictionary

mire (mēr)
n.
Any of the test objects on the arm of a keratometer whose image, as reflected on the curved surface of the cornea, is used in calculating the amount of astigmatism.

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