Definitions for no-go

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

no′-go′(adj.)

  1. not functioning properly; not ready to proceed.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)

  2. denying permission to proceed:

    a go or no-go decision.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)

Origin of no-go:

1865–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. no-go(adj)

    not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding

    "the space launch was no-go"

Wiktionary

  1. no-go(Noun)

    a situation in which a planned operation cannot be carried out

  2. no-go(Adjective)

    Not functioning properly.

  3. no-go(Adjective)

    Of a place, not to be entered.


Translations for no-go

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

no-go(adjective)

(of a district etc) which a person etc is not allowed to enter

a no-go area.

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