Thesaurus results for MORASS

morass

noun

mə-ˈras

as in tangle

something that catches and holds advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible

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as in marsh

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass

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Recent Examples of morass Tax administration is often written off as a bureaucratic morass—a neutral, technocratic function made necessary by the modern state but best kept as small as possible. —Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Voices Granderson: For Dodgers, the fight against racial injustice is driven by the past and present July 23, 2020 Besides, the Dodgers have waded into political morasses before. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 The official hauling of Justin Bieber’s former manager into the Lively vs. Baldoni morass comes as the Jane the Virgin actor’s main lawyer and the NYT offered very different takeaways today of what the dismissal of Baldoni’s countersuit against his IEWU co-star really means. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 June 2025 No one felt that way after Game 3’s third-period morass. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for morass

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Lying nearby is a tangle of thin string that is defining the war now – not fishing net, but fiber-optic cable, used to prevent drones being jammed.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
This creates abnormal amounts of protein deposits called tangles, which kill brain cells.

— George Petras, USA Today, 29 July 2025