0 a situation in which neither group involved in an argument can win or gain an advantage and no action can be taken:
1 something that blocks the ability to do other things:
They broke the logjam by starting a series of discussions.
2 a situation in which no progress can be made because an agreement cannot be reached:
3 a large number of things that have not been dealt with because there are too many to deal with:
Without the improvements travellers will start to see continual log-jams at the airport's check-in areas.
a logjam of sth Yesterday's canceled meeting has created a logjam of work.
Email and video-conferencing helped to break the bureaucratic logjam.
In my view at the moment it is far too prone to technical logjams stopping political initiatives.
Let us name and blame those countries that divert the flood of the market away from its natural channels by their use of the logjams of inconvenience.
I foresee a strong likelihood of logjams of appeals.
Her point about logjams of appeals is important.
The logjams need releasing so that aerospace can start to plan ahead.
The problem with that model is that it creates logjams in the service.
There are logjams on that section of the motorway when the road is busy; traffic often comes to a halt in any case.
Sufficient resources, adequate training and supervision must be provided if past mistakes in dealing with such backlogs and logjams are not to rear their ugly heads again.