Logjam meaning

lôg'jăm', lŏg'-
An immovable mass of floating logs crowded together.
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A deadlock, as in negotiations; an impasse.
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An obstacle formed by logs jamming together in a stream.
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An accumulation of unfinished work, unresolved problems, etc.; backlog.
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A deadlock or impasse.
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An excess of logs being conveyed on a river, so that their motion halts.
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(figuratively) A clog or such jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress.

Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam.

A step forward for the minimum wage increase this afternoon, as the Senate cleared the logjam of the Republican filibuster.

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Origin of logjam

Logjam Sentence Examples

  • Worse, this will also create a logjam for university admissions in October 2005.

  • Ii chronic fatigue first each of or mission of downtown jail logjam.

  • The nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in May paradoxically opened up new opportunities to shift the political logjam.

  • logjam in the planning process for developers means that many wind farms will not be operational for a decade.

  • logjam of capacity largest most complex.

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