as in impossible
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Recent Examples of no-win
Channel your emotions and energy into self-improvements and gains that benefit you instead of drama and emotional disputes that put you in a no-win situation.
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Avoid discussions that can lead to a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
An emotional argument will turn into a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Distance yourself from no-win situations and head in a productive direction.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
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Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
Avoid discussions that can lead to a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
An emotional argument will turn into a no-win situation.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Distance yourself from no-win situations and head in a productive direction.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for no-win
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-win
Adjective
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In the transfer portal era and with the advent of name, image and likeness (NIL), some argue doing so is impossible.—
David Ubben,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Trump and Musk have said DOGE would find $2 trillion in spending cuts, a task budget experts have said is impossible without touching entitlement benefits like Social Security and Medicare and a $1.7 trillion discretionary budget.—
The National Desk,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The battle between parents and tech-savvy children over access to the Internet and apps might seem hopeless.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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Burns is asked how to avoid feeling hopeless during a stretch like this.—
Dan Duggan,
The Athletic,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The agency is driven by activity, not results, and wastes money on pointless and counterproductive projects and DEI initiatives.—
Terence Kealey,
National Review,
12 Jan. 2025
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It’s been a whirlwind transformation for the brand, and some loyalists feel burned by their support of Xbox for two decades, where now being an Xbox fan feels somewhat pointless.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That has roughly tripled its lost exposure to $458 billion over the same period.—
Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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That’s the equivalent of about a full work week and amounts to $771 in lost time.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Others point out just how unattainable these men’s lifestyles are. Lebowitz, who moved to New York City from Long Island in 2007, isn’t fazed by the criticism.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2025
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While perfection is unattainable—dogs are not robots, after all—reliable recall is essential, especially when allowing dogs off-leash outside fenced areas or in emergencies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the cryptocurrency world, rug-pulling is when developers abandon a project after raising assets, leaving people with worthless tokens.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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Everyone in the movie struggles to some degree as well and requests to be paid with three or four U.S. dollars at a time, rather than hundreds of thousands of massively inflated, practically worthless Lebanese pounds.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2024
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“No-win.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-win. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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