mired

(verb) entrap. Synonyms: entangle, mire. Example: "Our people should not be mired in the past."

(verb) cause to get stuck as if in a mire. Synonyms: mire, bog down. Example: "The mud mired our cart."

(verb) be unable to move further. Synonyms: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire. Example: "The car bogged down in the sand."

(verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire. Synonyms: mire, muck, mud, muck up. Example: "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden."

(adj) entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire. Synonyms: involved. Examples: "The difficulties in which the question is involved." "Brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion."