lead nowhere
Frequency: 7.311.7 per million words
Often used figuratively to mean having no useful result.
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Examples (20)
- Our current strategy seems to lead nowhere, we need a new approach.
- This discussion seems to lead nowhere.
- Following that line of inquiry will only lead nowhere and waste time.
- Their efforts ultimately lead nowhere.
- Their endless debates always lead nowhere, with no resolution ever reached.
- Arguing further will just lead nowhere.
- He realized that his efforts to reconcile them would ultimately lead nowhere.
- Without a clear plan, the project might lead nowhere.
- The ongoing negotiations appear to lead nowhere, failing to bridge the divide.
- All his investigations lead nowhere, yielding no clues.
- Many promising ideas initially lead nowhere before a breakthrough occurs.
- Such debates often lead nowhere productive.
- She felt her career was beginning to lead nowhere, prompting her to seek new opportunities.
- She felt her career was beginning to lead nowhere.
- Trying to argue with him usually leads nowhere; he never changes his mind.
- The police chase lead nowhere, as the suspect escaped.
- Often there are discoveries which lead nowhere.
- Rambling conversations usually lead nowhere specific.
- Without clear goals, all your hard work might just lead nowhere.
- If we keep going this way, we'll lead nowhere.