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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not in a suitable condition for proceeding or functioning properly.
  • noun A situation in which planned operations cannot be effectuated, as in the case of the launch of spacecraft.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding. Opposite of go, a.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not functioning properly.
  • adjective Of a place, not to be entered.
  • noun Alternative form of no go.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding

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