0 a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or get an advantage and no action can be taken:
Tomorrow's meeting between the two leaders is expected to break a diplomatic stalemate that has lasted for ten years.
Despite long discussions, the workers and the management remain locked in stalemate.
1 a situation in which nothing can change or no action can be taken:
The president may also want to break political stalemates within her party or put pressure on her opponents to get her policies enacted.
The international community is one of these, and is no less inclined to compromises in difficult political stalemates than the domestic players are.
The seemingly unending cycles of war and peace, negotiations and stalemates, are a testament to the deep-seated and long-held feelings about the region.
When the bankers refused to cooperate, the process stalemated.
Fragmented governments, which result to a large extent from proportional representation rules, lead to political stalemates.
Through the unilateral commitments to plans, assurances are generated and stalemates are ended.
Cycles or stalemates threaten the legitimacy of a democratic system.
How did the new regime attack this stalemate?
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