no future
idiom
: no chance to succeed
There is no future for you in this business.
You have no future in this business.
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Slavery had a cursed past, and a present to be tolerated, but no future.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The new ambassador's vision offers no future for the millions of Palestinians, including the Christian communities of Bethlehem and elsewhere on the West Bank, in Gaza, and in East Jerusalem, who have lived in the land since the time of Jesus.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
However, for Dallas woman Laura Grillo, there would be no wedding, no honeymoon and no future.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025
Less sensational, but devastating on an individual level, is the prospect of AI replacing us in our jobs – a prospect leaving most people obsolete and with no future.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The new ambassador's vision offers no future for the millions of Palestinians, including the Christian communities of Bethlehem and elsewhere on the West Bank, in Gaza, and in East Jerusalem, who have lived in the land since the time of Jesus.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
However, for Dallas woman Laura Grillo, there would be no wedding, no honeymoon and no future.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2025
Less sensational, but devastating on an individual level, is the prospect of AI replacing us in our jobs – a prospect leaving most people obsolete and with no future.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2025
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 4 May. 2025.
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