Term: no-win situation: a situation in which a favorable outcome is impossible; you are bound to lose whatever you do
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: arabidopsis lyrata: a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: fundamentals: principles from which other truths can be derived
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: behavior: the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: sinusitis: inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: walking fern: ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: cruise ship: a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: flea market: an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: deportation: the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: skin cancer: a malignant neoplasm of the skin
Broader: situation: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty | Unrelated: shingling: the laying on of shingles