dead-end

1. 1.

   lacking opportunities for development or advancement

   “stuck in a dead-end job”

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Questions about dead-end

What does dead-end mean?

dead-end means "lacking opportunities for development or advancement".

How many syllables are in dead-end?

dead-end has 2 syllables: dead--end. The stress falls on "end". In IPA it is /ˌdɛˈdɛnd/.

Is dead-end a common word?

dead-end is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dead-end?

1 word rhymes with dead-end. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.