- dead-end - lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job"
Antonym: active (indirect, via inactive)
- cul, cul de sac, dead end - a passage with access only at one end
--1 is a kind of passage
- deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill - a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
--2 is a kind of situation