(n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
(n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
Example Sentences:
(1) To a large extent, the failure has been a consequence of a cold war-style deadlock – Russia and Iran on one side, and the west and most of the Arab world on the other – over the fate of Bashar al-Assad , a negotiating gap kept open by force in the shape of massive Russian and Iranian military support to keep the Syrian regime in place.
(2) He said: "Of course there is a possibility of deadlock, of course there is a possibility people find it difficult to agree ... there may be deadlock but I do see a way through."
(3) Thatcher tried valiantly to persuade Reagan to exert pressure on the Israelis as a means to breaking the deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but she was unsuccessful.
(4) With an out-of-session Congress deadlocked over immigration reform and right-wing lawmakers hell-bent on “sealing the border”, the White House faces intense pressure to do something – anything – about immigration, after years of burying a civil rights crisis in a mire of political tone-deafness and jingoistic bombast.
(5) Tsvangirai said today that the talks were deadlocked and called for Mbeki to intervene.
(6) This appears to be no longer true, and the attacks aren’t putting a dent in the polling deadlock.
(7) Such a coalition could break through the inertia and subterfuge now deadlocking the negotiations.
(8) The dollar fell after the S&P put the US on negative watch on Thursday night and warned it could move as early as this month if talks between the White House and Republicans on raising the government's $14.3tn (£8.9tn) borrowing limit remain deadlocked.
(9) With the Swedish courts last month rejecting an attempt by Assange's lawyers to quash the warrant for his arrest, Britain continuing to insist he will be arrested the instant he steps foot outside the building and the Australian refusing to budge, the situation has now reached political and legal deadlock.
(10) The original deadline for reaching a deal passed at 4pm with both major parties - the Democratic Unionist party and Sinn Féin - accusing each other of intransigence at the negotiations leading to this latest deadlock.
(11) The US secretary of state was due to hold late-night talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a last-ditch attempt to break the deadlock on unresolved issues.
(12) The Spanish socialist party was facing a leadership crisis on Wednesday night after half the executive committee resigned in a bid to force out Pedro Sánchez, raising the prospect of an end to the country’s nine-month political deadlock .
(13) Lord McNally, deputy leader of the Lords, accused Labour of a "constitutional outrage" just hours after it emerged that Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband had held private talks to discuss the possibility of a deal to resolve the deadlock.
(14) The combination of the apparent intelligence successes and economic sanctions has increased western diplomats' confidence in talks with Iran this week, which have in the past invariably ended in deadlock.
(15) The chances of success will increase if the Syrians taking part include a strong representation of not just the regime and the official opposition – a recipe for endless argument and deadlock – but also of Syrian civil society networks and activists.
(16) Agüero's deadlock-breaker was undercut by trademark explosiveness.
(17) John Kerry , the US secretary of state, and Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, issued the call in Moscow on Tuesday after months of deadlock over Syria's bloody crisis.
(18) However, you can only do this if it remains unsolved after eight weeks or the supplier sends a deadlock letter saying it can do no more.
(19) David Higgins, who comes from the border village of Maguiresbridge, says he is more worried about “the waste of money up at Stormont” ( the currently deadlocked Northern Ireland assembly ) than he is about Brexit.
(20) City strive for parity with the elite but this deadlock was not the sort of equivalence they had craved.
Predicament
Definition:
(n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.
(n.) See Category.
Example Sentences:
(1) I can’t stay here anymore.” When his mother calls, he says, he refuses to talk to her, blaming her in part for his predicament.
(2) I had told Chris that I would need an electric hook-up and told him about my predicament.
(3) As one example, certain aspects of Gawain's situation seem oddly redolent of a more contemporary predicament, namely our complex and delicate relationship with the natural world.
(4) How are medical roles adapted to the situation of medical pluralism and the predicaments that flow from such a situation.
(5) High tension and high stakes coursed through this meeting of top four chasers versus relegation facers and it was to QPR’s credit that they attacked their predicament – and Arsenal – head on.
(6) Clinical research and opinion in this area have elicited both clinical euphoria and polarization vis-a-vis newer possibilities for resolving the predicaments of partial or complete edentulism.
(7) who was thinking about voting yes, and went on to reduce her political predicament to her meagre wage packet.
(8) Craving boldness is too often a euphemism for wishing Labour's predicament were something other than what it is; that there was a way to promise immediate improvement in everyone's lives without giving them money.
(9) When there was no accordance, we noticed a correlation between pressure gradient and surgical success in 3 cases and predicaments based on PRA and success in 2 cases.
(10) But the predicament is partly engendered by prosperity, too.
(11) The Canadian researchers were more sympathetic to the IGDA’s predicament than Kazemi or the workers spoken to for this feature.
(12) The former chairman blamed "mismanagement" for the retailer's dire predicament, and is interested in acquiring some of its stores to add to his DW Sports Fitness chain.
(13) Jack is played with dreamy intensity and later (as the realities of criminal life begin to kick in) with steely resolve by LaBeouf, who must be able to sympathise with Jack's predicament.
(14) If you pull one side, your feet are in the cold.” Quite how long Hazard – who did manage seven minutes off the bench – is shivering out in the wilderness remains to be seen but Chelsea’s predicament requires a creative talent who signed a new five-and-a-half-year contract in February to emulate Willian and Pedro, allying discipline to those mind-boggling flashes of skill.
(15) Caroline Lucas MEP is leader of the British Green party President Mohamed Nasheed Despite our predicament, I'm optimistic The Maldives doesn't look like the front line in a battle.
(16) If [policing is] the only type of process that they want to put in place to address these issues, then we will have a major concern with it, because that will not … address the issues and we will be in the same predicament a month from now or a year from now,” Dandan said.
(17) But, despite the sympathy felt by many in Europe for Scotland’s predicament, Sturgeon’s hopes of ensuring the country remains in the bloc look likely to be crushed.
(18) We have to try and find a way to help the audience sympathise with his predicament."
(19) So the first problem was that the Greek cuts led to a worsening of the Greek predicament: the economy kept contracting, and unemployment hit a record high of 16.2%.
(20) Until we are mathematically gone, I will believe.” Tottenham’s Son Heung-min grabs late winner after Watford red card Read more He also said he will do his utmost to entice reinforcements during the January transfer window, but admits that the club’s predicament complicates recruitment.