Term: blind alley: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: championship: a competition at which a champion is chosen
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: angiotensin i: a physiologically inactive form of angiotensin that is the precursor to angiotensin II
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: parquet: a floor made of parquetry
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: winter heliotrope: European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sucker: a shoot arising from a plant's roots
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: batfish: bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: close-order drill: (military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: trauma: an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: obscurity: an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: dark: absence of light or illumination