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deadlocked

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dead·lock  (ddlk)
n.
1. A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.
2. Sports A tied score.
3. Computer Science A failure or inability to proceed due to two programs or devices both requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
tr. & intr.v. dead·locked, dead·lock·ing, dead·locks
To bring or come to a deadlock.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deadlocked - at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions; "the chess game ended with white stalemated"; "the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"
obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"

deadlocked
adjective even, level, equal, parallel, neck and neck, fifty-fifty (informal), equally balanced The jury remained deadlocked.
Translations
deadlocked [ˈdɛdlɒkt] adj
to be deadlocked [negotiations] → être au point mort; [people] → être dans l'impasse
dead loss n
to be a dead loss [person] → n'être bon(ne) à rien; [thing] → ne rien valoir
deadlocked
adj negotiations, talksfestgefahren
deadlocked [ˈdɛdˌlɒkt] adj to be deadlocked (talks, negotiations) → essere in una fase di stallo
deadlocked [ˈdɛdˌlɒkt] adj to be deadlocked (talks, negotiations) → essere in una fase di stallo


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Antelope Valley Superior Court jurors deadlocked 11-1 in favor of convicting Victor Ortega, who was 17 when the slaying occurred.
Last year a jury deadlocked in their case, but in a retrial a jury on September 12 agreed the two were guilty of second<legree murder though not of committing a hate crime.
The recent deadlocked race for a commission seat in Esmeralda County, Nev.
 
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