DEADLOCKED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

deadlocked

adjective

as in unworkable

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Recent Examples of deadlocked Housed in the notorious Rikers Island during court proceedings, Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ended in mid-May with a deadlocked jury. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 The building’s destruction was then seen as a calculated display of anger to pressure Seoul over deadlocked nuclear negotiations with Washington. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 The jurors' accounts offer the first public glimpse inside the deliberations that ended in a deadlocked jury. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The Clancy trial ended in a mistrial after jurors remained deadlocked on a verdict. — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The tragedy comes as Lindsay Clancy’s trial, which gripped the nation and sparked passionate debate, ended after the jury remained deadlocked and the judge declared a mistrial Friday. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The Lindsay Clancy murder trial appeared to be heading toward a mistrial Thursday as the jury remained deadlocked after six days of deliberations, and a question raised by the panel prompted the defense to call for one of the jurors to be dismissed. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026 If the jury remains deadlocked today, the judge may declare a mistrial, leaving the district attorney to decide whether to retry the case. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 Jurors tasked with determining Clancy’s criminal responsibility in the deaths of her three young children have remained deadlocked. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

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Adjective

Or, in mathematics, if a single number were lost, the entirety of mathematical science would be flawed, incomplete, and unworkable.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026
Rather than unworkable claims of an absolute certainty about an absolute reality, Rovelli sees science as an invitation to the great creative effort of seeking knowledge.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of unworkable

Adjective

Founded in 2022, The Alloy Market makes money by either refining unusable materials and taking a cut, or by listing usable items on their online resale marketplace.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
That helped the operation keep switching infrastructure as domains became unusable.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unusable

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Pike’s unsuccessful appeals have alleged ineffective assistance of counsel and argued that executing her would be unconstitutional because of her mental illness, according to court documents.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
After powerful antibiotics proved mostly ineffective, the experts from the aquarium and University of Florida developed a bacteriophage treatment for Jetta, according to a statement sent to Popular Science.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ineffective

Adjective

For nearly two decades, Rahul Gandhi has been portrayed as an entitled and ineffectual politician who could neither revive the Indian National Congress party nor challenge the iron rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

— Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Eventually, another clause was added to restrict the maximum number of fielders placed behind square on the leg side to two, making bodyline, which requires positioning multiple fielders in that area of the field, largely ineffectual.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ineffectual

Adjective

The unit has been unproductive defending the run and bitten hard by the injury bug.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Story’s unproductive 10 rehab games with Triple-A Worcester, coupled with the rise of top prospect Franklin Arias, a shortstop raking at Triple A, created an echo chamber of angst about Story returning and underperforming.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of unproductive

Adjective

Most traditional flu shots use a deactivated version of the virus — often grown in eggs — to teach the immune system how to fight it.

— Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
In people with the natural mutation, every cell in the body has the deactivated ANGPTL3 gene.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of deactivated

Adjective

North Dakota adopted a bill last year requiring a legislative council to study the feasibility of using nonproductive wells to generate geothermal power.

— Maria Gallucci, Wired News, 16 May 2026
Returning nonproductive properties to the tax rolls, creating jobs and boosting the quality of life are only some of the benefits of redeveloping troubled properties.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026

Definition of nonproductive

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