English / idiom
Dead-End Job
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A job with no prospects of promotion, career advancement, or professional development.
In context
01
Feeling trapped in a dead-end job made him envious of friends who were thriving in tech startups.
02
Rather than stewing in jealousy over others' perks, she quit her dead-end job and launched her own boutique.
Synonyms
cul-de-sac career,unpromising position,career standstill
Antonyms
promising career,dream job,ladder position
Collocations
stuck in a dead-end job,quit a dead-end job,trap of a dead-end job