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DEAD-END
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dead-end mean?
• DEAD-END (adjective)
The adjective DEAD-END has 1 sense:
1. lacking opportunities for development or advancement
Familiarity information: DEAD-END used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking opportunities for development or advancement
Context example:
stuck in a dead-end job
Similar:
inactive ((pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly)
Context examples
Any volume which a component introduces to a system that is not cleanly swept and relies on diffusion to clear the space; a dead-end passageway or cavity that can retain materials to contaminate subsequent samples or flow media.
(Dead Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
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