going/getting nowhere fast

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phrase (1)

informal

: failing to make progress or to produce a desired result

The plan for a new stadium is going nowhere fast.

go nowhere

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phrase (2)

: to make no progress

The research is going nowhere.

We're going nowhere fast.

Examples of going/getting nowhere fast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Phrase

In addition to serving primarily as filler in a film perpetually going nowhere fast, none of these elements is well-designed or shot. — Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026

New Orleans is in last place in the West at 3-19 and going nowhere fast, as Zion Williamson is out for at least the next several weeks with a leg injury. — Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

Phrase

Jeff Bailey left Yorba Linda for Beverly Hills, which can go nowhere but up. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Younger daters grew up with dating apps already in existence—unlike millennials and Gen X who had to get used to them—but researchers say they are increasingly frustrated by endless choices and conversations that go nowhere. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026