Blind Alley
nounid
15071·updated May 18, 2026verified
(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
polysemousMWE
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Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cul de sacdead-end streetimpasse
- plural
- Blind Alleys
- possessive
- Blind Alley's
- pluralpossessive
- Blind Alleys'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
- §2
- a street with only one way in or out
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvementDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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