no-winadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌnəʊˈwɪn/us/ˌnoʊˈwɪn/informalA no-win set of conditions is one in which whatever happens there will be an unhappy and unsuccessful result:
to be in a no-win situation
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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