Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Certain to end in failure or disappointment: trapped in a no-win situation.
Wiktionary
- adj. Bound to end in failure
WordNet 3.0
- adj. certain to end in failure and disappointment
Examples
“He also wants to restrict the use of Conditional Fee Agreements, also known as no-win, no fee deals.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“But when they get sent convicts and other people like this that come out here at a point of a gun ... and they just come out here and act like total heathens and savages, it's just a no-win situation.”
“He treated this no-win second-leg tie against Real in isolation.”
The Guardian: Tottenham blocked by Real Madrid but now turn sights on league battle
“On the most important issue, sovereign default risk, the newly-created regulator is in a no-win position.”
“Lawsuits, in all but the rarest cases, are a no-win situation for business owners who would be much better off focusing their time and money on the business instead of on litigation.”
The Huffington Post: Jim Thomas: Skip 'em or Guess? Voting on Colorado Judges
“It is not that big a stretch to see how these behaviors adapt into the extremely common, no-win situation of the sexual initiation complex.”
The Huffington Post: Wendy Strgar: The Truth About Forgiveness
“He's putting himself in a no-win situation, he's playing the people that he claims to love, he opts to stay in the same situation when given an out (the legitimate job offer) and I see no good exit strategy for any possible upcoming situation.”
“The companies put merchants and their customers in a no-win situation" and "consumers are being held hostage.”
The Huffington Post: 3 Largest Credit Card Companies Sued By Government For 'Anticompetitive Rules'
“Henderson, who asserted in November that Nerenberg would remain in control of both schools, said she had been placed in a virtual no-win situation.”
The Washington Post: Hardy Middle School principal is reassigned
“But if Obama, mired in conventional no-win proposals, does not respond, it would not be the first time Kaptur has been disappointed in her president.”
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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