be in limbo
IN ABEYANCE, unattended to, unfinished, suspended, deferred, postponed, put off, pending, on ice, in cold storage, unresolved, undetermined, up in the air, on the back burner, on hold

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in limbo
in an indefinite state, a state of neglect, a region on the border of hell
Everything in the company was in limbo as we waited for news of the takeover bid.

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