no-win

no-win Definition

no·-win (nō′win′)

adjective

designating or of a situation, policy, etc. that cannot lead to success no matter what measures are taken

no-win Usage Examples

Possessives

situation: In more up-to-date parlance, it is being submerged in a ' no-win ' situation.

Modifies a noun

no-fee: All the major law firms in the area take personal injury cases on a no-win no-fee basis.
situation: The girl with bulimia is in a no-win situation.
basis: All the major law firms in the area take personal injury cases on a no-win no-fee basis.
proposition: For example choose a no-win proposition exposures production risks tort filings fell.
scenario: This no-win scenario would be a terrible moral dilemma for any democratically elected leader.
position: Under the heel of government But the BBC hierarchy finds itself in a no-win position.

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