Vocabulary
Limbo
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The bank got the business.Kashmir`s plebiscite remains in limbo.Mega structures were built.
Dawn Editorials —
A business case
— 2026-03-31
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The proposed AI Council, intended as the apex oversight body, remains in limbo amid concerns that its structure is overly bureaucratic.
Dawn Editorials —
Stalled rollout
— 2026-02-09
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A significant number never make it, and disappear forever, or end up in limbo in countries like Iran and Afghanistan.
Dawn Editorials —
The great mirage
— 2026-01-30
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Lives remain suspended in a cruel limbo.The CM`s claim that new legal frameworks, detention rules and witness protection laws will end enforced disappearances from Feb 1 is welcome in principle.
Dawn Editorials —
Lives suspended
— 2026-01-24
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With many cases filed, people are left in limbo.None of this international agony matters to the Trump administration.
Dawn Editorials —
White America
— 2026-01-17
Synonyms
oblivion, nothingness
Antonyms
certainty, certitude
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