deadender
deadender is the alternative form of dead-ender.
Meaning of dead-ender
Noun
dead-ender (plural dead-enders)
- One who has no prospects for the future; a loser; a dropout.
- One who still holds onto a political position or other viewpoint that is considered outdated or defeated.
- In the first months after the fall of Baghdad, Rumsfeld and his aides still had a limited view of the insurgency, seeing it as little more than the work of Baathist "dead-enders," criminal gangs, and foreign terrorists who were Al Qaeda followers.2004 05, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, The New Yorker
Forms of deadender
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Questions about deadender
- What is deadender the alternative form of?
- Deadender is the alternative form of dead-ender.
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