no-win

1. 1.

   certain to end in failure and disappointment

   “a no-win situation”

   Similarunsuccessful

Questions about no-win

What does no-win mean?

no-win means "certain to end in failure and disappointment".

How many syllables are in no-win?

no-win has 2 syllables and divides as no--win under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is no-win a common word?

no-win is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.