Definition of quagmire
- a difficult complicated situation
- soft boggy ground
Usage examples of quagmire
The project became a quagmire when every solution created three new legal and technical problems.
After the heavy rain, the field turned into a quagmire, and the hikers sank ankle-deep into the soft, muddy ground.
The company entered a financial quagmire: it could not pay its debts, but cutting costs would stop production.