deadlock
noun
a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate.
will deadlock
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future tenseof deadlock.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"But this situation is significantly unusual that I don't think anyone can say with certainty that it will deadlock."
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Virtually everyone still predicts the committee will deadlock, and it’s hard to tell if there’s life in the process or if these are rigor mortis twitches.
From Time ● Nov. 15, 2011
Daley has yet to be won over; he believes the convention will deadlock and Kennedy will be drafted.
From Time Magazine Archive
