NO-WIN Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

no-win

adjective

Definition of no-win

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

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Adjective

After crashing, the plane caught fire, making any rescue impossible, according to Peruvian broadcaster RPP.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Manufacturing meth on-island is pretty much impossible — there aren’t many places to hide a meth lab — so most meth that reaches Hawaii comes from the mainland, as is the case with most products consumed on the islands.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

Echoing her sentiments, Shaharier remembered feeling hopeless when his baby boy was born so early.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Indeed, Russia’s mass barrages last winter of Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure – designed to keep Ukrainians cold, in the dark, and hopeless during the most frigid winter of recent years – are now being answered by Ukraine.

— Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

Although any hopes of an onscreen reunion might be pointless, the cast of Home Improvement appears to be keeping close in real life.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 July 2026
And to have another female voice that isn’t my offspring doing it would’ve been pointless.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of pointless

Adjective

As a young couple with three children in the 1970s, Teresita Palomeque and her husband thought buying a house was an unattainable dream.

— Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026
The ongoing housing crisis, characterized by soaring rents and unattainable mortgages, is profoundly disrupting communities, forcing displacement and severing crucial relationships.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of unattainable

Adjective

Second, the hacker had ignored valuable data on Hugging Face’s servers in search of worthless answers to a test.

— Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
On top of that, his degree from a for-profit college - which was later sued over alleged deception - seemed worthless.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of worthless

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