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morass

[ muh-ras ]

noun

  1. a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
  2. a marsh or bog.
  3. marshy ground.
  4. any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement.


morass

/ əˈæ /

noun

  1. a tract of swampy low-lying land
  2. a disordered or muddled situation or circumstance, esp one that impedes progress
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of morass1

1645–55; < Dutch moeras, alteration (by association with moer marsh; moor 1 ) of Middle Dutch maras < Old French mareis < Germanic. See marsh
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of morass1

C17: from Dutch moeras, ultimately from Old French marais marsh
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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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The show, as it wades into what Adler-Bell calls a “swampy morass” of conservative history that touches on free markets and American interventionism, is heavy on reading lists.

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Before wading into the legal morass these lawsuits are attempting to navigate, let’s take a quick look at how the technology is developed and why copyright has become an issue.

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They rotate and flutter, their disturbing reflection into mirrored infinity entangled with your own gawking reflection, sinking into a morass of street waste.

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Many of those who did reach the U.S, are stuck in an immigration morass.

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