Blind Alley Definition

noun
An alley or passage shut off at one end.
Webster's New World
A mistaken, unproductive undertaking.
American Heritage
Any undertaking, idea, etc. that leads to nothing.
Webster's New World

Used other than as an idiom: see blind,‎ alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.

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Noun

Singular:
blind alley
Plural:
blind-alleys

Blind Alley Sentence Examples

  • The blind alley they lead us down is a dead end.

  • It was a kind of blind-alley, the end of which widened into a small, neat courtyard.

  • The reader is led very cleverly down a complete blind alley about halfway through.

  • The impact of supplementary prescribing in primary care Pharmacist prescribing a blind alley?

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