a complete failure to reach agreement or settle an argument synonym stalemate Senate subcommittee members failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. The strike has reached a deadlock.
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adjective [not before noun] Despite months of discussion the negotiations remained deadlocked.See deadlock in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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