no-win

adjective

Definition of no-winnext
as in impossible

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Recent Examples of no-win This is a no-win situation because one of us will end up unhappy. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026 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 The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists. — Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025 Employees are caught in a no-win situation, pressured to adopt AI tools yet reluctant to admit it. — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for no-win
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
  1. impossible
  2. hopeless
  3. pointless
  4. lost
  5. unattainable
  6. worthless
Adjective
  • In Uvalde — where the scars of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting remain impossible to ignore — one person was killed and dozens of homes were destroyed, compounding years of the community’s collective grief.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Four years after Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud scandal emerged, theft from government programs has become impossible for state leaders to ignore as allegations continue to arise.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026
Definition of impossible
Adjective
  • Michael Johnston plays Bear, a music store employee who has a hopeless crush on his co-worker Nikki.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Waymo’s fleet of autonomous taxis has garnered a reputation for causing mayhem on public streets, from trapping drivers in hours of hopeless gridlock to driving into oncoming traffic.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026
Definition of hopeless
Adjective
  • But trade theft cases in Silicon Valley are usually pointless and tragic because information finds a way out of companies anyway.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 July 2026
  • Less friction for good actors, less room for bad actors, and less pointless duplication for everyone else, all the while protecting platforms from data breaches and litigation.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of pointless
Adjective
  • But these promises don’t restore lost opportunities, protect those already harmed, or deliver justice.
    — Katie Uhlaender OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The lost revenue comes later, when another alcoholic drink no longer feels necessary.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of lost
Adjective
  • By completing a four-game sweep of the Rays the Red Sox are in a place where the American League East title no longer looks unattainable.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026
  • The Spéirling Pure represents an unprecedented level of performance that was previously believed to be physically unattainable for a production car.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026
Definition of unattainable
Adjective
  • What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity’s first mission to land astronauts on the Moon.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • When software moves money on its own, a procedures document is worthless.
    — Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of worthless

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