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DEAD-END

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dead-end

  [ded-end]
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–adjective
1. terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
2. Also, dead-ended. having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc.: a low-level, dead-end job.
3. leading a life in the slums: growing up as a tough dead-end kid.
–verb (used without object)
4. to come to a dead end: The road dead-ends at the lake.
Origin:
1885–90
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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dead-end   (děd'ěnd')
adj.  

  1. Having no exit.

  2. Permitting no opportunity for advancement: a dead-end job.

  3. Informal Tough and rowdy: a dead-end gang.

intr.v.   dead-end·ed, dead-end·ing, dead-ends
To terminate with no exit or possibility of advancement: The road dead-ends at the lake. That job dead-ends at the end of the year.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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