Impasse meaning

ĭm'păs'
The definition of an impasse is something from which there is no escape or solution.

An example of impasse is a blind alley.

An example of impasse is an argument where no agreement is reached.

noun
1
0
A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate.

Reached an impasse in the negotiations.

noun
1
0
A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.
noun
0
0
A passage open only at one end; blind alley.
noun
0
0
A situation offering no escape, as a difficulty without solution, an argument where no agreement is possible, etc.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
noun
0
0
A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
noun
0
0

Origin of impasse

French in- not (from Latin in- in–1) passe a passing (from Old French) (from passer to pass pass)

Sentence Examples

  • escape from this impasse, and among his Socratic contemporaries he seems to have singled out Antisthenes 4 as most in need of refutation.

  • Parents of teens frequently find themselves at an impasse over a variety of issues.

  • This time the Poles came to the rescue of the Government in its hour of need, by getting a form of standing order approved which rendered obstruction somewhat more difficult, and in this, curiously enough, they were helped by the Czechs; for obstruction had brought even them into an impasse, since their financial requirements had not been met.

  • The exchange of despatches soon led to a complete impasse.

  • The faction of which he was a prominent member was chiefly responsible for bringing about that impasse in the government of the country which drew such bitter protest from Burgers and terminated in the annexation by the British in April 1877.

More sentences →

Words near impasse in the Dictionary