mired

[ mahyuhrd ]

/ maɪərd /

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adjective

trapped in mud, muck, or slime:The concern now was how to free their mired fire engine and water tanker.

entangled or stuck:Bond yields have been climbing, but they still remain mired at historically low levels.

soiled with mud, muck, or slime:He looked down at his mired kaftan, speckled with dirt, and tried to brush it clean.

involved or entrapped in trouble or difficulty:Only some of our colleagues have offended, it is true; but all of us are mired.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of mire.

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Origin of mired

mire + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM mired

un·mired, adjective

Words nearby mired

Mirandize, MIRAS, Mira variable, mirchi, mire, mired, Mirena, mirepoix, Miriam, Mirim, mirin

How to use mired in a sentence

NFTs have become an unavoidable subject for anyone earning a living as a creative person online, prompting a rush to understand a concept that is deeply mired in the jargon of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
The Download: Monkeypox vaccines and Kansas’ abortion vote|Rhiannon Williams|August 3, 2022|MIT Technology Review
Instead, they became mired in an old script of taxation, driven partly by a legitimate desire to be fiscally prudent and more than partly by a moralism that those with more aren’t paying enough and that inequality is a societal ill.
It's All About Spending, Stupid. The Dems Blew Their Moment by Obsessing Over Taxes|Zachary Karabell|October 26, 2021|Time
That I will become mired in helplessness and despair in a way that nothing—not the happy marriage and comfortable home of my current life nor the years of therapy I’ve absorbed—will be able to counteract.
Can tripping on ketamine cure PTSD? I decided to try.|Corinne Iozzio|June 21, 2021|Popular-Science
Mired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself.
The Post-Brown and Garner Question: Who ‘Deserves’ to Die?|Goldie Taylor|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On some issues, Puck was so mired in its own times that the commentary is redundant.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For days, New York Times columnist Alessandra Stanley has been mired in controversy.
A Sexism Problem at The New York Times|Keli Goff|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But his asylum was rejected, thanks to the blurring of lines that intelligence assets are often mired in.
When the Son of Hamas Spied for Israel|Nina Strochlic|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, as 2014 rolled around, Detroit was mired in an unprecedented citywide bankruptcy.
200 Years of Americana in Detroit|Justin Jones|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But oh, the thousands and thousands of mere mortals that are mired in their ruts and no longer even plan to climb out!
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Its bed was so muddy that two of the pack-horses were mired, but were finally brought out.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI|Various
The boy's mount had mired one foot in a quicksand pocket and had gone down on its knees.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas|Frank Gee Patchin
His huge paws supported him where another dog would have been hopelessly mired.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass|James Arthur Kjelgaard
Had some of our horses mired—general complaint of like nature.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls