dead-end

Definition of Dead-end in English :

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Adjective

1. dead-end

lacking opportunities for development or advancement

Example Sentences:
'stuck in a dead-end job'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dead-end

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noun

1. another name for cul-de-sac

2.

a situation in which further progress is impossible

3. dead-end

(as modifier)

a dead-end street

a dead-end job

verb also: dead-end

4. (intransitive) mainly US and Canadian

to come to a dead end

verb (intransitive)

US and Canadian

to come to a dead end

The path dead-ends after about a mile.

Dead-end

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1.

an end of a street, alley, etc. that has no regular exit

2.

a situation from which there seems no way to escape, move forward, etc.; an impasse

adjective

1.

having only one exit or outlet

a dead-end street

2.

giving no opportunity for progress or advancement

a dead-end job

3. US, Informal

of or characteristic of slums or slum life

verb intransitive

4.

to terminate in a dead end

said as of a street

5.

to reach or come to a dead end

to dead-end in a middle management position

Dead-end

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adj.

1. Having no exit except for going back the way one came.

2. Permitting no opportunity for progress or advancement: a dead-end job.

3. Informal Tough and rowdy: a dead-end gang.

intr.v. dead-end·ed, dead-end·ing, dead-ends

To terminate with no exit: The road dead-ends at the lake.

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