Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigDictionary
to impasse
noun
A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac
Exact(10)
Mr Obama declined one, leading to impasse.
Since its start in 2001 Doha has stumbled from impasse to impasse, then to a collapse in 2008.
As the crisis turned to impasse, Iraqi, American and United Nations officials all looked to Iraq's judiciary to resolve a crisis that its politicians could not.
What they want, this lawyer and other players' representatives speculated, is to negotiate legally to impasse, which they failed to do in 1994, then implement a salary cap.
The owners could impose a lockout on Nov. 1, leaving players in an uncertain state of suspended animation, or they could negotiate to impasse, legally this time, then unilaterally implement a salary cap or a prohibitive tax on payrolls.
One baseball official said that when the contraction venture began, management lawyers thought they could negotiate to impasse in 48 hours and impose their own terms for a draft.
Similar(45)
The show's radical solution to this impasse is to turn off the internet altogether.
Her response to the impasse was to do what she did before: pick up a camera.
Until it is resolved, the conflict continues to contribute to the impasse.
The United States responded to the impasse by threatening to bomb Saddam into submission, a prospect France and Russia angrily opposed.
I urge them to act swiftly and decisively to bring an early end to this impasse.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com