mire

A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Deep soft mud in water or slush.

A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from.

“the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president”

“caught in the mire of poverty”

Be unable to move further.

Soil with mud, muck, or mire.

Entrap.

“Our people should not be mired in the past”

Cause to get stuck as if in a mire.

“The mud mired our cart”