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Meanings of limbo in English

Russian
лимбо
Wikidata

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

Related terms
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.

Related terms
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The button of soot has vanished into the limbo of superseded inventions.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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