deadlocked

adjective

Definition of deadlockednext
as in unworkable

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadlocked
  1. unworkable
  2. unusable
  3. ineffective
  4. useless
  5. ineffectual
  6. unproductive
  7. nonproductive
Adjective
  • But that level of pay can still be unworkable for lower-income households.
    Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The White House ultimately rejected that as unworkable.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of unworkable
Adjective
  • Over time, TikTok would become slow, glitchy and eventually unusable.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The casing of the laptop was crushed during the accident, rendering the device completely unusable.
    Barry Collins, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of unusable
Adjective
  • The president would have leaned even more heavily into the democracy protection themes that proved ineffective and would probably have remained more defensive about the economy, which exit polls showed was the top issue.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Any other penalty structure will be ineffective at deterring bad behavior.
    Letters to the editor, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of ineffective
Adjective
  • This is a fashion collab designed for women’s bodies to be looked at, but the functionality is useless.
    Jamie Aranoff, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
  • It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of useless
Adjective
  • Perón died a year later and was succeeded by his third wife, the ineffectual Isabel Perón.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But the most sinister aspect of the movie, to me, is how banal its serial rapists are—how corny and ineffectual, these cringeworthy failsons.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ineffectual
Adjective
  • Research from Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that individuals who can effectively disengage from unproductive goals and redirect their energy to alternative goals exhibit higher levels of psychological well-being.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Basically, there’s a lot of the unfinished business of the very unproductive 118th Congress, which started two years ago when Speaker Kevin McCarthy needed 15 ballots over the course of four days to be seated.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of unproductive
Adjective
  • But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.
    Carlo J.V. Caro, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2017
  • 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
Definition of nonproductive
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