dead-end

/dˈɛdˈɛnd/

/ˌdɛˈdɛnd/

[adjective]

dead-end

[ADJECTIVE]

providing no opportunities to improve, advance, or progress

Examples

1. He felt stuck in a dead-end job with no prospect of promotion or advancement.

2. He was tired of working long hours in a dead-end job with no chance of a pay raise or promotion.

3. Many young people today are struggling to find work that is not just a dead-end job with no future prospects.

4. I spent 30 years of my life in an unfulfilling dead-end job before I finally took a long, hard look in the mirror and realized that there had to be more to life.