Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not in a suitable condition for proceeding or functioning properly.
- noun A situation in which planned operations cannot be effectuated, as in the case of the launch of spacecraft.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding. Opposite of
go , a.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
functioning properly . - adjective Of a place, not to be entered.
- noun Alternative form of
no go .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding
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Examples
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Several slums on the edge of Karachi are described as no-go zones that are too risky for police and security forces.
Senior policeman targeted in car bomb attack in Pakistan's Reuters 2011
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Several slums on the edge of Karachi are described as no-go zones that are too risky for police and security forces.
Senior policeman targeted in car bomb attack in Pakistan's Reuters 2011
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Several slums on the edge of Karachi are described as no-go zones that are too risky for police and security forces.
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This is not the first time NFC has been called a no-go for the next iPhone.
CNET News.com 2011
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The block, Morga-II, is in the restricted mining zone in forest areas, also known as the "no-go" area.
India Environment Ministry Denies Coal Block Clearance Saurabh Chaturvedi 2011
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The small controversies usually came from sexual banter, not politics, which Sergeant Townsend described as a "no-go zone."
NYT > Home Page By TIM ARANGO 2011
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A power failure from the October snowstorm forced her to use what one might call her no-go bag.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Tuesday's decision came after the government said it would widen the evacuation zone near the plant to include five communities lying outside the current 20-kilometre no-go area.
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The government is still considering whether to evacuate residents of tiny "hot spots" outside the 12-mile no-go zone.
Japan utility reprimanded over 2 workers' high radiation 2011
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Apparently in America, instead we have “no-go” times that belong to immigrants.
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