blind alley

Definition of blind alley

: a fruitless or mistaken course or direction

Examples of blind alley in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Harry is drunk, despairing, lovesick and lost down blind alleys much of the time. — Scott Timberg, latimes.com, "Nordic noir master Jo Nesbø takes another dark twist with 'Knife'," 10 July 2019 One reason for this is that the new progressives seem to be determined to drive down the intellectual blind alley of identity politics. — The Economist, "The centre cannot hold - the failure of Change UK and the atrophying of political thought," 19 June 2019 The central issue explored by director Laura Brownson —and the one that probably got her started up this sociological blind alley—is about self-definition and identity politics. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘The Rachel Divide’ Review: Racial Profiling," 26 Apr. 2018

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“Blind alley.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blind%20alley. Accessed 14 December 2019.

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