MIRED Definition & Meaning

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mired

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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 ( def ).

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of mired¹

mire ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Perhaps the most perverse tariff rate is the 44% applied to Myanmar, a country mired in a civil war, which has no capacity to buy more US goods.

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His two top foreign policy priorities - ending the wars in Gaza and Ukraine - both appear mired in the kind of messy details and conflicting agendas that often obstruct lasting peace.

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These movies frequently become mired in their own good intentions, diluting their messaging to something as plain and palatable as, say, “Love, Simon.”

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Mexico’s economy, mired in slow growth and lagging investor confidence, is heavily dependent on cross-border trade — and the United States receives more than 80% of its exports.

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Thanks to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a name George Orwell would have been proud to dream up, the country now finds itself mired in a legal morass that could last years.

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