dead end
/dɛd ɛnd/
noun
- A street or passage that is closed at one end, with no way through.
- The taxi driver realized they were in a dead-end and had to turn around.
- Children love playing on dead-end streets because there is little traffic.
- The map showed a dead-end at the edge of the forest.
- A situation that offers no hope of progress or success.
- Negotiations reached a dead-end when neither side would compromise.
- He felt his job was a dead-end with no chance of promotion.
- After months of searching, the investigation hit a dead-end.
Antonyms
adjective
- Having no way out or no possibility of advancement.
- The dead-end road led to a small farmhouse.
- He was stuck in a dead-end relationship that made him unhappy.
- She quit her dead-end job to start her own business.
verb
- To come to a point where no further progress is possible.
- The trail dead-ends at the river, so we have to go back.
- The conversation dead-ended after his rude comment.
- Our research dead-ended when the funding ran out.