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Meanings of limbo in English

Russian
лимбо
Wikidata

Three barrelled anti submarine mortar used by British and Commonwealth navies.

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          лимбо
          Portuguese
          esquecimento
          Catalan
          llims

          The state of being disregarded or forgotten.

                esquecimento
                Russian
                лимб
                Portuguese
                limbo
                Spanish
                limbo de los ninos
                Catalan
                limbe

                Catholic viewpoint concerning the afterlife condition.

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                      лимб

                      Skating game.

                            Usage of limbo in English
                            1
                            With Hanjin's situation suddenly in limbo, its ships were stranded at sea.
                            BBC
                            2
                            It would also leave millions of EU citizens in limbo, he said.
                            Reuters
                            3
                            Court battles have recently put Illinois pension changes in limbo, for example.
                            Reuters
                            4
                            A solution to house New Zealand's growing prison population is in limbo.
                            Radio NZ
                            5
                            We need to move away from this state of limbo, he said.
                            The Guardian
                            6
                            In some extreme instances, this state of limbo has prevailed for years.
                            The South African
                            7
                            Robson remains in comeback limbo; Watson has slipped outside the top 100.
                            The Guardian
                            8
                            For many, Mondays now mark the beginning of another week in limbo.
                            The Irish Times
                            9
                            NATO favors independence, warning that prolonged limbo for Kosovo would invite chaos.
                            Reuters
                            10
                            Countless other families have been left adrift in a limbo of uncertainty.
                            The Guardian
                            11
                            He said he was bracing for more months of being in limbo.
                            Reuters
                            12
                            But as the clock ticks down, the government is still in limbo.
                            The Guardian
                            13
                            The button of soot has vanished into the limbo of superseded inventions.
                            Heroes of the Telegraph
                            14
                            He is in limbo, on gardening leave, technically employed but actually unemployable.
                            The Guardian
                            15
                            Now, he finds himself in limbo once again as a free agent.
                            The South African
                            16
                            And you say that Mary Harney is actually a Jamaican limbo dancer?
                            The Irish Times
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                            Translations for limbo
                            Limbo through the time
                            Limbo across language varieties
                            New Zealand
                            Common
                            Ireland
                            Common
                            United States of America
                            Less common
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