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Vinony

dead-end

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdɛnd/ / /dɛdˈɛnd/

adj

  1. Going nowhere; blocked.

    “a dead-end street”

    “a dead-end job”

noun

  1. A road with no exit.

    “We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.”

  2. A position that offers no hope of progress.

    “Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.”

verb

  1. To come to a dead-end.

    “Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!”

  2. To come to nothing; to reach a hopeless situation.

    “Dumas' tangle of unrequited, misplaced and dead-ended love”