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
  • Insurers said the new requirements, as proposed, would be unworkable and amount to a costly mandate.
    Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But that level of pay can still be unworkable for lower-income households.
    Renata Daou, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of unworkable
Adjective
  • The insurance typically covers personal belongings and a unit’s interior and provides benefits such as living expenses if a condo becomes unusable.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Instead, the law would penalize internet providers and companies with App stores like Apple and Google for continuing to make updates available, The New York Times reported, so the app would degrade over time and become unusable.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of unusable
Adjective
  • Don't Apply Herbicide to a Dormant Lawn Herbicide, just like fertilizer, is ineffective on a dormant lawn.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The scientists concluded that the cull was ineffective, and advised officials in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to focus on the cows, and leave the badger out of it.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of ineffective
Adjective
  • Without that essential training to help surmount powerful systemic barriers, the kit would have been useless—and in that sense, the job is still woefully unfinished.
    Sheila McClear, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Esoteric knowledge of the parks, essentially useless anywhere else, is suddenly incredibly useful.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of useless
Adjective
  • Dyer dismissed concerns that the arrests are ineffectual, saying the camping ban is just one part of the city's broader strategy to address homelessness, which includes investing in shelter and affordable housing.
    Vanessa Rancaño, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Perón died a year later and was succeeded by his third wife, the ineffectual Isabel Perón.
    Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of ineffectual
Adjective
  • And as the current informal, borderline illicit NP model shows, there is a path to convincing profit-seeking employers to say yes to unproductive workers: revenue must at least cover direct costs.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Photo: Gillian Laub Parents might be nostalgic for an era when children spent their days outside throwing rocks, absorbed in productively unproductive play, but actually re-creating that ideal can feel impossible.
    Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of unproductive
Adjective
  • Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.
    Carlo J.V. Caro, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2017
Definition of nonproductive
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