Impasse
noun
A situation where no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
Negotiations between the two parties have reached an impasse.
Often appears as...
- reach an impasse
- break an impasse
noun
A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.
We took a wrong turn and ended up in an impasse.
Often appears as...
- end up in an impasse
- turn into an impasse
noun
A situation where no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
Negotiations between the two parties have reached an impasse.
Often appears as...
- reach an impasse
- break an impasse
noun
A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac.
We took a wrong turn and ended up in an impasse.
Often appears as...
- end up in an impasse
- turn into an impasse
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unsolvable Conflict
Use 'impasse' to describe a deadlock in arguments where compromise seems impossible.
The board members are at an impasse over the new policy direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Halt
Reference 'impasse' when negotiations are stuck with no solution in sight.
The labor strike continued as the talks reached an impasse.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Impasse' can describe any situation that is blocked, not just literal paths.
His career hit an impasse after the company downsized.
Pro Tip 1/3Unsolvable Conflict
Use 'impasse' to describe a deadlock in arguments where compromise seems impossible.
The board members are at an impasse over the new policy direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Halt
Reference 'impasse' when negotiations are stuck with no solution in sight.
The labor strike continued as the talks reached an impasse.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Impasse' can describe any situation that is blocked, not just literal paths.
His career hit an impasse after the company downsized.
Pro Tip 1/3Unsolvable Conflict
Use 'impasse' to describe a deadlock in arguments where compromise seems impossible.
The board members are at an impasse over the new policy direction.
Pro Tip 2/3Negotiation Halt
Reference 'impasse' when negotiations are stuck with no solution in sight.
The labor strike continued as the talks reached an impasse.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Impasse' can describe any situation that is blocked, not just literal paths.
His career hit an impasse after the company downsized.
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How do you explain...
and it's always a further question. So I think we're at a kind of impasse here. We've got this wonderful, great chain of explanation, we're used to it, where physics explains chemistry, chemistry explains biology,
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Einstein's brilliant...
maintained that quantum states really are fundamentally indeterminate, and entanglement allows the state of one particle to depend on that of its distant partner. For 30 years, physics remained at an impasse,
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Barely Escaping with...
with a cameraman to test the suits and respirators as the two explored the cave Tulio decided to cross an impasse by himself to investigate the crevasse
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How do you explain...
and it's always a further question. So I think we're at a kind of impasse here. We've got this wonderful, great chain of explanation, we're used to it, where physics explains chemistry, chemistry explains biology,
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Einstein's brilliant...
maintained that quantum states really are fundamentally indeterminate, and entanglement allows the state of one particle to depend on that of its distant partner. For 30 years, physics remained at an impasse,
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Barely Escaping with...
with a cameraman to test the suits and respirators as the two explored the cave Tulio decided to cross an impasse by himself to investigate the crevasse
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
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Jerome Powell
American Public Servant
The United States has never prioritized or failed to pay any obligation when due during a debt limit impasse. Despite the institutional risks and the lack of clear legal authority, we assume that Treasury will attempt to prioritize payments in a last-ditch effort to avoid default.
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Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Writer
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
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Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
The nameless loser in Jay McInerney's 'Bright Lights, Big City' is going to the dogs like a gentleman. He is too smart to blame anyone for the impasse he has come to, hip enough to know he does not know enough, too sophisticated to masquerade as an anti-hero.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
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Kenzo Tange
Japanese Architect
In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.
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Tom Allen
American Politician
But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
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Roberto Azevedo
Brazilian Diplomat
Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one of them.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
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Jerome Powell
American Public Servant
The United States has never prioritized or failed to pay any obligation when due during a debt limit impasse. Despite the institutional risks and the lack of clear legal authority, we assume that Treasury will attempt to prioritize payments in a last-ditch effort to avoid default.
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Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Writer
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
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Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
The nameless loser in Jay McInerney's 'Bright Lights, Big City' is going to the dogs like a gentleman. He is too smart to blame anyone for the impasse he has come to, hip enough to know he does not know enough, too sophisticated to masquerade as an anti-hero.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
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Kenzo Tange
Japanese Architect
In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society.
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Tom Allen
American Politician
But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
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Roberto Azevedo
Brazilian Diplomat
Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one of them.
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