no-win situation

collocation in English

meaningsofno-winandsituation

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no-win
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌnəʊˈwɪn/us
/ˌnoʊˈwɪn/
A no-win set of conditions is one in which whatever happens there will be an unhappy and ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofno-winandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofno-win situation

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In analysing constructions like (7), linguists are really in ano-winsituation.
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Thisno-winsituationmay be further exacerbated by the speakers of the threatened language themselves.
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The business enterprise in question is in ano-winsituationbecause even if it wins the case it cannot recover its costs.
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The free press is in ano-winsituation.
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It is ano-winsituation, in which the real losers are my constituents.
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We are in ano-winsituationand, frankly, this is one of those questions in respect of which it is best to remain agnostic.
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I believe that we encounter ano-winsituationhere.
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In this case as in many others the police appear to be in a totalno-winsituation.
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I support the comments about the contribution of the police, who have been placed in ano-winsituation.
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Section 11.2 of this excellent report makes clear that we were in ano-winsituation.
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Students and some other young people increasingly find that they are in ano-winsituation, with rents payable in advance.
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I know from bitter experience that social workers are in ano-winsituation.
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I am more conscious than ever that social workers are perhaps in ano-winsituation.
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Without being cynical, it seems to a layman like myself, who occasionally uses one airport or the other, that they are in ano-winsituation.
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Therefore, the mediator may very well be caught in ano-winsituation.
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I recognise that the decisions are not always clear cut and that those who make them are in ano-winsituation.
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