deadlocked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlocked
Adjective
  • But for Varela and the other holdouts — roughly two dozen of whom stood defiantly on the side of West Flagler Street on Monday, protesting their potentially imminent removal under the punishing mid-morning sun — that deal was unworkable, both in time and money.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
  • But shooting an entire feature film on the famously big, loud and unwieldy Imax film cameras (unlike the lighter, quieter digital Imax cameras, used in recent films such as Thunderbolts* and the upcoming Superman) was unworkable.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The goal was to record commercials, but the footage was unusable because Biden was too incoherent.
    Nicole Russell, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • By predicting which cases require a human in the loop, an otherwise unusable genAI system will gain the trust needed to unleash it broadly.
    Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • At least for now, the biggest differentiator between effective and ineffective use of AI for marketing strategy or content production is the human in the driver’s seat.
    Andrew Allen, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Appealing a death sentence Ritchie’s attorneys have fought the death sentence, arguing his legal counsel at trial was ineffective because his lawyers failed to fully investigate and present evidence on his fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and childhood lead exposure.
    Sophia Tareen, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • For one, any melasma treatment is practically useless without them.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • The first step is leaving her well-meaning but ineffectual husband (Jay Duplass) and the second is asking her best friend, Nikki (Jenny Slate), to be her primary caretaker, who agrees without hesitation.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
  • For a business, a high-speed connection can mean the difference between productive or ineffectual operations, customer satisfaction or abandonment, and ultimately profit or loss.
    Glenn Katz, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • For others, especially those unaccustomed to emotional introspection, conflict may still feel threatening or unproductive, best avoided or minimized.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Like Gonzalez, neither Joe and Tirso Ornelas were largely unproductive before returning to El Paso, albeit over much smaller samples.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Bring The Office Closer To Them As populations grow, the real challenge of coming to the office is long commute times and the resulting nonproductive cycles.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Deadlocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadlocked. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on deadlocked

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!