impasse

IPA: ɪmpˈæs

A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

Examples of "impasse" in Sentences

That simply wasn't the source of the impasse.
Selangor will regress if water impasse continues.
I apologize to all for the impasse and inconvenience.
Roy attacks the impasse from a different perspective.
So, breaking that impasse is VERY welcome, essential and well over due.
He said a long-term impasse could well get in the way of any national participation.
Talks were expected to continue Thursday, and few on either side expected a long-term impasse.
Today the EU is satisfyingly mired in impasse following the Irish vote against the Lisbon treaty.
"Florida's Vote-by-mail Plan Gains Few Fans" (Adam Smith and Wes Allison, St. Petersburg Times) The one idea that seemed to offer a way out of the impasse is not exactly popular among those who would be doing or organizing the voting.
That was the status quo last Thursday, when, under the collective bargaining laws, the parties meaning the mayor on one side and the unions on the other brought to the commission what is called an "impasse" or stalemate in negotiations, meaning in this case that the parties were deadlocked on one issue, but in agreement on the bulk of the agreement.