kind of limbo

collocation in English

meaningsofkindandlimbo

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kind
adjective
uk
/kaɪnd/us
/kaɪnd/
generous, helpful, and thinking about other ...
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limbo
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.bəʊ/us
/ˈlɪm.boʊ/
an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress ...
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(Definition ofkindandlimbofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They may be left for years in akindoflimboin this position.
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He has, unfortunately, found himself in akindoflimbo.
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All told, about 80 policemen are employed at those airports, and the intention seems to be to leave those staff in somekindoflimbo.
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Fishing tends to fall into akindoflimbo.
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Then there are two services which appear to people in local government to be left in akindoflimbo.
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We are therefore left in akindoflimbo, despite what will no doubt be the high quality of debate to come.
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The period between the refusal of a last appeal and the removal direction is akindoflimbo.
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If, after marriage difficulties and/or separation, people went into akindoflimboquite separate from society, that might be the end of the matter.
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One time, he was captured in somekindoflimbo.
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It's set in akindoflimboand neither the haircuts nor the wardrobes nor the sets have aged poorly.
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