impasse
B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister
General noun
A situation in which no progress is possible; a deadlock.
After hours of fruitless talks, the negotiations reached an impasse.
Law noun
A point in a dispute where no further progress seems possible.
With both sides refusing to move on price, the talks reached an impasse.
Business noun
A deadlock where no progress is possible.
Talks reached an impasse over severance terms.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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