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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His nihilism tells him there is no future.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
Might not happen again for several years, with no future games set between UM and Florida.
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Fans can, and do, criticize Roberts’ pitching decisions with impunity, but there are no future Hall of Famers walking through that bullpen gate.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
Might not happen again for several years, with no future games set between UM and Florida.
—Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The only future David can imagine is finally no future, a life in which endless, promiscuous variety—each night a different, meaningless boy—offers no variety at all, in which everything can only ever be the same, the same, the same, the same.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Fans can, and do, criticize Roberts’ pitching decisions with impunity, but there are no future Hall of Famers walking through that bullpen gate.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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“No future.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20future. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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