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The meaning of DEADLOCK is a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill. How to use deadlock in a sentence.
a situation in which agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side will change its demands or accept any of the demands of the other side: break the deadlock Somebody will have to compromise if we are to break (= end) the deadlock between the two warring factions.
DEADLOCKED definition: 1. If a situation is deadlocked, agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side…. Learn more.
DEADLOCK meaning: 1. a situation in which agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side will change…. Learn more.
noun. a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate: The union and management reached a deadlock over fringe benefits. Synonyms: draw, impasse, standoff. deadbolt. a maximum-security cell for the solitary confinement of a prisoner. verb (used with or without object)
Use the noun deadlock to describe a standstill, as when two people or sides cannot move beyond a disagreement. Deadlock can also mean a game that results in an unbreakable tie or a stalemate, like when you are in a five-hour thumb-wrestling match with no winner.
noun. 1. a state in which progress is impossible, as in a dispute, produced by the counteraction of opposing forces; standstill; stalemate. The union and management reached a deadlock over fringe benefits. 2. deadbolt. 3. a maximum-security cell for the solitary confinement of a prisoner.
