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1. Lacking opportunities for development or advancement
   "stuck in a dead-end job"

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
   "reached a dead end on the negotiations";
   - deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill

Derived forms: dead ends

See also: inactive

Type of: passage, situation

Encyclopedia: Dead-end