Synonyms for no-win
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : noh-win |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnoʊˈwɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for no-win
- abortive
- absurd
- anxious
- at end of one's rope
- back to the wall
- bad
- barren
- beyond
- beyond recall
- blue
- bootless
- brokenhearted
- can't win
- contrary to reason
- cureless
- cynical
- dead duck
- dejected
- delusive
- delusory
- demoralized
- depressed
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- desponding
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downcast
- downhearted
- empty
- fatal
- forget it
- forlorn
- frantic
- going nowhere
- gone
- goner
- hard up
- hardly possible
- helpless
- hollow
- hundred-to-one
- idle
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- in vicious circle
- inaccessible
- inconsolable
- incurable
- indomitable
- inefficacious
- ineluctable
- inexecutable
- infeasible
- insignificant
- insuperable
- insurmountable
- invincible
- irrealizable
- irrecoverable
- irredeemable
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- melancholic
- melancholy
- menacing
- miserable
- misleading
- no way
- no-chance
- no-go
- no-way
- no-win
- not a prayer
- nugatory
- on a treadmill
- oppressed
- otiose
- out of the question
- overwhelming
- paltry
- past hope
- pessimistic
- petty
- pointless
- preposterous
- profitless
- puny
- running out of time
- sad
- senseless
- shot down
- shuck
- sinister
- slight
- sterile
- strabilious
- suicidal
- sunk
- threatening
- time-wasting
- too much
- tragic
- trifling
- trivial
- unachievable
- unattainable
- unavailing
- unbeatable
- unconquerable
- uncorrectable
- unfeasible
- unfortunate
- unimaginable
- unimportant
- unmasterable
- unmitigable
- unnotable
- unobtainable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unrealizable
- unreasonable
- unrecoverable
- unthinkable
- unworkable
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- valueless
- visionary
- void
- way out
- weighed down
- woebegone
- worsening
- worthless
- wretched
Définition of no-win
Origin :- 1962, in reference to a situation where victory is impossible, from no + win.
- As in insurmountable : adj impossible
- As in vain : adj futile, useless
- As in irremediable : adj hopeless
- As in unattainable : adj impossible
- As in unrealizable : adj impossible
- As in unworkable : adj impossible
- As in despairing : adj upset, despondent
- As in desperate : adj hopeless
- As in hopeless : adj futile, pessimistic
- As in impossible : adj beyond the bounds of possibility
Antonyms for no-win
- achievable
- attainable
- auspicious
- beatable
- behaving
- believable
- bright
- calm
- cheerful
- conceivable
- confident
- consequential
- content
- contented
- defeatable
- encouraged
- encouraging
- expectant
- good
- governable
- happy
- hopeful
- imaginable
- important
- joyful
- joyous
- logical
- manageable
- modest
- obtainable
- open
- optimistic
- possible
- practical
- promising
- propitious
- reasonable
- rosy
- satisfactory
- satisfied
- secure
- sensible
- shy
- significant
- surmountable
- tenable
- tolerable
- unworried
- useful
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