morass
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
a marsh or bog.
marshy ground.
any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement.
Origin of morass
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How to use morass in a sentence
For more than a century, researchers have dug for answers, seemingly found them, argued about them and searched some more, resulting in a morass of confounding information.
Salt: The dietary danger that’s easy to ignore | Karen Sandstrom | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostThey demonstrated you could do things citywide, and get out of the morass of arguing with the community planning groups.
Faulconer ‘Changed the Dialogue’ on Housing, But Results Remain Elusive | Andrew Keatts | December 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThinking about it this way keeps you out of the whole judging-not-judging morass, too, which I encourage at every opportunity.
Carolyn Hax: He worries that every day after Jan. 1 will be 420 | Carolyn Hax | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s hard not to see them as an unconscious reminder of the morass of “very old politics” he is trying to reject.
Companies fear that by adopting it they may be inadvertently stepping into an ethical, reputational or regulatory morass.
Meanwhile, Russia is sinking ever deeper into its economic morass.
After His Disastrous Annual Press Conference, Putin Needs A Hug | Anna Nemtsova | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe program paid Thai formers above-market rates for rice, but became bogged down in a financial morass.
Can Thailand’s Prime Minister Cling To Power? | Lennox Samuels | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese groups tend to push for a “one-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian morass.
Why Zionists Should Be Surprised—Even Heartened—By the United Church of Canada's Boycott | Mira Sucharov | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe took up the miserable chore of attending dodgy networking events, but out of that morass came the character of Tallah.
Meet the Female Borat, British Comedienne Mona Yousefi | Kevin Fallon | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe facts on the ground are anything but auspicious for America injecting itself into an intra-Arab morass.
Obama’s Syrian “Red Line” Could Return Us To The Mistakes of Iraq | Lloyd Green | May 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn that part, it was little better than a morass, from the occasional overflowing of the waters at the rainy seasons.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe took them across the morass, about a mile wide, over a causeway of branches, which the rear demolished as they passed.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThe graves of thousands of English soldiers had been dug in the pestilential morass of Dundalk.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHe is like a strong man struggling in a morass: every effort to extricate himself only sinks him deeper and deeper.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterAt the foot of the hill lay a deep morass, covered with the nelumbo and other aquatic plants.
British Dictionary definitions for morass
/ (məˈræs) /
a tract of swampy low-lying land
a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress
Origin of morass
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