Limbo
noun
An uncertain state where you do not know what will happen next or what action to take.
The project has been stuck in limbo ever since they lost their funding.
Often appears as...
- stuck in limbo
- remain in limbo
noun
A West Indian dance where the dancer bends their body low to go under a bar that is lowered each time they pass under it.
The party really started when they began doing the limbo.
Often appears as...
- do the limbo
- limbo dance
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Cultural
noun
In some Christian beliefs, a state of existence where innocent souls exist after death, not suffering but not in heaven.
In some faiths, children who die before being baptized are said to reside in limbo.
Often appears as...
- souls in limbo
- state of limbo
noun
An uncertain state where you do not know what will happen next or what action to take.
The project has been stuck in limbo ever since they lost their funding.
Often appears as...
- stuck in limbo
- remain in limbo
noun
A West Indian dance where the dancer bends their body low to go under a bar that is lowered each time they pass under it.
The party really started when they began doing the limbo.
Often appears as...
- do the limbo
- limbo dance
Usage tips
Cultural
noun
In some Christian beliefs, a state of existence where innocent souls exist after death, not suffering but not in heaven.
In some faiths, children who die before being baptized are said to reside in limbo.
Often appears as...
- souls in limbo
- state of limbo
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Waiting Period
Use 'limbo' to describe a time when you're awaiting a decision or outcome.
We're in limbo until the judge makes a ruling.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Confusion
'Limbo' often conveys a temporary state of confusion or indecision about future actions.
After the merger, the employees were left in limbo about their jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Feeling Stuck
Use 'limbo' when someone or something is unable to move forward or progress.
My career is in limbo during the company’s restructuring.
Pro Tip 1/3Waiting Period
Use 'limbo' to describe a time when you're awaiting a decision or outcome.
We're in limbo until the judge makes a ruling.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Confusion
'Limbo' often conveys a temporary state of confusion or indecision about future actions.
After the merger, the employees were left in limbo about their jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Feeling Stuck
Use 'limbo' when someone or something is unable to move forward or progress.
My career is in limbo during the company’s restructuring.
Pro Tip 1/3Waiting Period
Use 'limbo' to describe a time when you're awaiting a decision or outcome.
We're in limbo until the judge makes a ruling.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Confusion
'Limbo' often conveys a temporary state of confusion or indecision about future actions.
After the merger, the employees were left in limbo about their jobs.
Pro Tip 3/3Feeling Stuck
Use 'limbo' when someone or something is unable to move forward or progress.
My career is in limbo during the company’s restructuring.
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Do politics make us...
and most people are driven to resolve this uncomfortable state of limbo. You might start to blame the referee, complain that the other team started it, or even convince yourself there was no foul in the first place. In a case like this, people are often more motivated to maintain a positive relationship
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What refugees need to...
we quickly saw what it looks like when there are more people who need help than there are resources to help them. Social services doesn't scale quickly, and even if communities do their best to help more people with limited resources, newcomers end up spending more time waiting in limbo,
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An Alaskan Storm -...
It's getting colder every night, and having all this wood is a killer thing to do. I mean, not only is it, like-- it's keeping us warm in here, for one thing, for sure. But just having something to do, just trapped in this sort of weird limbo that we're in waiting,
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A wall won't solve...
to do something like this, so that we can facilitate whether someone, an individual, is able to stay in the United States or they're going to have to be returned back to their home country, rather than being in this limbo for five years.
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In the market for...
of health education environment and more if he wins he's delighted and he prepares hard boosting the quality of the meeting for both of them if he loses well at least he knows where he stands and he's avoided no reply limbo so could
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Our refugee system is...
In theory, refugees have a right to a pathway to integration, or return to the country they've come from. But in practice, they get stuck in almost indefinite limbo. In theory, refugees are a shared global responsibility.
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Barat Ali Batoor: My...
It is really difficult to live a life with an uncertain fate, in limbo. The issue of asylum seekers in Australia has been so extremely politicized that it has lost its human face.
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Let’s Help Refugees...
With wars going on and on, the average time a refugee will spend in exile is 17 years. Hany was into his second year in limbo when I went to visit him recently,
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A boat carrying 500...
Millions of refugees are living in exile, in limbo. They're living in countries from a war that has been raging for four years.
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Poetry for the Red White...
carmine world caught and a limbo a
Video examples
Do politics make us...
and most people are driven to resolve this uncomfortable state of limbo. You might start to blame the referee, complain that the other team started it, or even convince yourself there was no foul in the first place. In a case like this, people are often more motivated to maintain a positive relationship
Video examples
What refugees need to...
we quickly saw what it looks like when there are more people who need help than there are resources to help them. Social services doesn't scale quickly, and even if communities do their best to help more people with limited resources, newcomers end up spending more time waiting in limbo,
Video examples
An Alaskan Storm -...
It's getting colder every night, and having all this wood is a killer thing to do. I mean, not only is it, like-- it's keeping us warm in here, for one thing, for sure. But just having something to do, just trapped in this sort of weird limbo that we're in waiting,
Video examples
A wall won't solve...
to do something like this, so that we can facilitate whether someone, an individual, is able to stay in the United States or they're going to have to be returned back to their home country, rather than being in this limbo for five years.
Video examples
In the market for...
of health education environment and more if he wins he's delighted and he prepares hard boosting the quality of the meeting for both of them if he loses well at least he knows where he stands and he's avoided no reply limbo so could
Video examples
Our refugee system is...
In theory, refugees have a right to a pathway to integration, or return to the country they've come from. But in practice, they get stuck in almost indefinite limbo. In theory, refugees are a shared global responsibility.
Video examples
Barat Ali Batoor: My...
It is really difficult to live a life with an uncertain fate, in limbo. The issue of asylum seekers in Australia has been so extremely politicized that it has lost its human face.
Video examples
Let’s Help Refugees...
With wars going on and on, the average time a refugee will spend in exile is 17 years. Hany was into his second year in limbo when I went to visit him recently,
Video examples
A boat carrying 500...
Millions of refugees are living in exile, in limbo. They're living in countries from a war that has been raging for four years.
Video examples
Poetry for the Red White...
carmine world caught and a limbo a
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Quote examples
Marina Abramovic
Serbian Artist
When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.
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Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening.
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Alberto Manguel
Argentinian Writer
A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.
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Marjorie Liu
American Author
As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic books remain in relationship limbo for years at a time.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear.
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Bob Dylan
American Musician
Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.
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Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds.
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Tre Cool
American Musician
It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
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Bill Joy
American Businessman
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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Marina Abramovic
Serbian Artist
When you have heartbreak, what's important is that you don't go halfway. Go all the way down. Don't take pills that keep you in limbo. Cry out all the feelings. Then your own energy for life will put you up again. You become stronger.
Quote examples
Rebecca Solnit
American Writer
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening.
Quote examples
Alberto Manguel
Argentinian Writer
A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.
Quote examples
Marjorie Liu
American Author
As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic books remain in relationship limbo for years at a time.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
We lose stories every day because they drift out of use and into the vast limbo of in-copyright, out-of-print books whose ownership is unclear.
Quote examples
Bob Dylan
American Musician
Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.
Quote examples
Issey Miyake
Japanese Designer
My generation in Japan lived in limbo. We dreamed between two worlds.
Quote examples
Tre Cool
American Musician
It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
Quote examples
Bill Joy
American Businessman
Well, limbo is not a good place to be.
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