no future

idiom

: no chance to succeed
There is no future for you in this business.
You have no future in this business.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There is no future reality where the foods of today stand the test of time, but what that future food system looks like remains to be seen. Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2023 The game will no longer be updated or supported, no future content is being made. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023 Without memory there would be no civilization, no future. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 17 Mar. 2023 The restraining order was denied by a judge who ruled Bauer posed no future threat to the woman. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023 If punks had been all fired up about having no future, goths calmly sipped some opium tea and maintained none of us humans has ever had much of a future, what with death always lurking around the corner. Michelle Tea, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023 There are no future court dates scheduled as of Tuesday. Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023 Today, the academic profession of the humanities is a notoriously haywire career track, with Ph.D. programs enrolling more students than there are jobs, using them for teaching, and then, years later, sending them off with doctoral gowns and no future in the discipline. Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023 Her Labour government hasn’t been able to alleviate the chronic shortage of public housing that has existed for many years, and workforces in public health, education and construction face challenges no future government will relish. Richard Shaw, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023 See More

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“No future.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20future. Accessed 2 Jun. 2023.

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