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Adjective: dead-end  ded end
  1. Lacking opportunities for development or advancement
    "stuck in a dead-end job"
Noun: dead end  ded end
  1. A passage with access only at one end
    - cul, cul de sac
     
  2. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
    - deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill

Derived forms: dead ends

See also: inactive

Type of: passage, situation

Encyclopedia: Dead end

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deactivation
dead
dead ahead
dead air
dead axle
dead body
dead center
dead centre
dead drop
dead duck
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dead hand
dead hand of the past
dead heat
dead language
dead letter
dead load
dead mail
dead march
dead metaphor
dead nettle