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Definition of No-win
1. Adjective. Certain to end in failure and disappointment. "A no-win situation"
Definition of No-win
1. Adjective. Bound to end in failure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of No-win
Literary usage of No-win
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Ilson points out that a crisis situation is likely not to be quite the same as
a crisis, and that no-win situation is a short way to express a fairly ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"And be it further enacted, That no Will or codicil or any part NO win to be re-
thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or Another 'wm oí ky ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"NO win ID [[Sect. 19. " That no will shall be revoked by any presump- by ...
NO win re- £Sect. 22. " That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, ..."
4. Shelford's Real Property Statutes: Including the Prcincipal Statutes by Leonard Shelford, Thomas Henry Carson (1874)
"No will shall be revoked by any presumption of an inten- NO win to ье ге- tion
on the ground of an alteration in circumstances. ..."
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