dead-end (redirected from dead-ended)

dead-end (ddnd)

adj.

1. Having no exit.

2. Permitting no opportunity for advancement: a dead-end job.

3. Informal Tough and rowdy: a dead-end gang.

intr.v. dead-end·ed, dead-end·ing, dead-ends

To terminate with no exit or possibility of advancement: The road dead-ends at the lake. That job dead-ends at the end of the year.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dead-end - lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job" inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

Translations

dead-end [ˈdedˈend] ADJ [street] → sin salida; [job] → sin porvenir
dead-end kids (US) → chicos mpl de la calle
see also dead D

dead-end [dɛdˈɛnd] adj a dead-end job → un lavoro senza sbocchi

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dead-end [dɛdˈɛnd] adj a dead-end job → un lavoro senza sbocchi