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dead end
1noun
something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
a position that offers no hope of progress; blind alley; cul-de-sac.
His theory led him to a dead end.
dead-end
2[ded-end]
adjective
terminating in a dead end.
a dead-end street.
Also dead-ended. having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc..
a low-level, dead-end job.
leading a life in the slums.
growing up as a tough dead-end kid.
verb (used without object)
to come to a dead end.
The road dead-ends at the lake.
dead end
noun
another name for cul-de-sac
a situation in which further progress is impossible
dead-end. ( as modifier )
a dead-end street
a dead-end job
verb
(intr) to come to a dead end
Word History and Origins
Origin of dead end1
Origin of dead end2
Idioms and Phrases
A passage that has no exit, as in This street's a dead end, so turn back . [Late 1800s]
An impasse or blind alley, allowing no progress to be made. For example, This job is a dead end; I'll never be able to advance . [c. 1920]
Example Sentences
There is no dead end that isn’t obscuring some secret hatch or hidden door revealed by doing his own research.
Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.
"The negotiation with the United States is in fact a pure dead end," Aragchi added.
But despite police saying the case is at a dead end, Sarm's friends and family say they will keep trying to find out what happened.
The verdict, though, might not be a dead end for Bolsonaro.
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