no future

phrase

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

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Apple had introduced the iPhone just two months earlier, and Brown concluded that his company had no future in smartphones, which were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a quarter. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026 No charges, no court dates, no probation and no future charges. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Yet their player with the highest career tally of them to his name has no future at the club. — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The City Council is in recess for August, which leaves no future meeting for nominees to be appointed before September. — Nik Hunder, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for no future

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“No future.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20future. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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