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no-win

no-win adjective: bound to end in failure.

Adjective

no-win (not comparable)

  1. Bound to end in failure.
    • no-win situation
    • We're in a no-win situation: if we move, they kill us; if we stay, we starve.

Origin of no-win

From no + win.

Phrases with no-win

Questions about no-win

What does no-win mean?
No-win means bound to end in failure.
What part of speech is no-win?
No-win is an adjective.

Words near no-win in the dictionary

  1. no-trade clauses
  2. no-trump
  3. no-trumper
  4. no-trumpers
  5. no-trumps
  6. no-win
  7. no-win situations
  8. no.
  9. No. 10
  10. No. 11
  11. noa

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