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adjective Informal.
denoting a condition in which one cannot benefit, succeed, or win: a no-win situation; a no-win war.
Origin:
1960–65
1960–65
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No-win
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| no-win | |
| —adj | |
| offering no possibility of a favourable outcome (esp in the phrase a no-win situation) | |
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Word Origin & History
no-win
1962, in ref. to a situation where victory is impossible, from no + win.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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