dead-end
Street that stops
A dead-end is a street or passage closed at one end, allowing no through traffic.
Figuratively, a dead-end is any situation offering no progress or advancement: a dead-end job, The investigation hit a dead-end.
As a verb, to dead-end is to reach such a point: The road dead-ends at the lake.
Mutual obstruction preventing progress
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- logjamObstruction halting flow
standoff · bottleneck · blockage · halt · obstruction · checkmate · draw · tie
Lacking emotional reward
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- stuckUnable to move
- menialLowly and unskilled
unrewarding · monotonous · tedious · routine · mundane · dreary · hopeless · entry-level
Unable to move
stranded · marooned · hemmed in · backed into · nowhere to go · caught · pinned · ensnared
stalemate
Mutual obstruction preventing progress
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
logjam · standoff · bottleneck · blockage · halt · obstruction · checkmate · draw · tie · brick wall
unfulfilling
Lacking emotional reward
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- stuckUnable to move
menial · unrewarding · monotonous · tedious · routine · mundane · dreary · hopeless · entry-level · glass ceiling
stuck
Unable to move
confined · stranded · marooned · hemmed in · backed into · nowhere to go · caught · pinned · ensnared · immobilized
turnaround
Shift in opposite direction
- residentialRelating to housing
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- quietLacking in sound
secluded · suburban · court · close · circle · driveway · sidewalk · privacy · enclave · loop
- impassesimpasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, gridlock
- being stuckstuck, stall, halt, rut, jam
- obstacle wordsimpassable, blocking, steep, slippery, treacherous
- tight spotstight spot, corner, trapped, stuck, boxed in
- street typesboulevard, avenue, alley, highway, roundabout
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
dead-endthoroughfare
Main public road
arterial road · main road · highway · boulevard · corridor
dead-endpromising
Showing signs of success
upwardly mobile · fast-track · progressive · advancing · continue