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Definition of "no-win" []

  • Informal Certain to end in failure or disappointment: trapped in a no-win situation. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "no-win" in a sentence
  • "He also wants to restrict the use of Conditional Fee Agreements, also known as no-win, no fee deals."
  • ""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."
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