: not likely to give victory, success, or satisfaction : that cannot be won
a no-win situation
a no-win war
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This no-win situation is yet another symptom of the growing politicization of law enforcement and public safety.
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Diane Goldstein, Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2025
This type of agreement is not unheard of, according to Billboard, mirroring the no-win-no-fee model employed by some legal firms.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
Every news outlet from Fortune to NPR to Bloomberg has been weighing in with no clear consensus, though Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI companies are in a no-win situation.
—John Kell, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Advertisement This information landscape presents a no-win choice between submission and solipsism: not caring what’s true, or insisting that nothing is.
—Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Diane Goldstein, Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2025
This type of agreement is not unheard of, according to Billboard, mirroring the no-win-no-fee model employed by some legal firms.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025
Every news outlet from Fortune to NPR to Bloomberg has been weighing in with no clear consensus, though Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI companies are in a no-win situation.
—John Kell, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Advertisement This information landscape presents a no-win choice between submission and solipsism: not caring what’s true, or insisting that nothing is.
—Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-win
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-win. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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