What is another word for getting nowhere?

Pronunciation: [ɡˌɛtɪŋ nˈə͡ʊwe͡ə] (IPA)

When it feels like you're not making progress or your efforts are falling short, you might describe the situation as "getting nowhere." But there are plenty of other ways to convey this same feeling of stagnation or lack of progress. For example, you could say you're "spinning your wheels," "getting stuck in a rut," or "hitting a wall." Other options might include "going around in circles," "beating a dead horse," or "running in place." All of these phrases suggest a sense of frustration or futility, as if you're trying to move forward but something is holding you back.

Synonyms for Getting nowhere:

  • v.

    tilt at windmills

What are the hypernyms for Getting nowhere?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Getting nowhere

  • Dancing with your demons empowers you, and surely enables you to reclaim your lost powers. It takes tremendous courage to face your demons, invite them to tea, dance with them, reach an impasse, and finally, conquer them for ever. That’s exactly what Buddha did, while seeking Enlightenment under Bodhi tree, after realizing that fighting his demons off was getting nowhere. You must develop courage to face your demons, such as anger, fear, greed, guilt, jealousy, lack of self-esteem, undue pride, and anything that is stopping you from reaching Perfection. You must bravely enter the territory that many fear to tread. Dance with your demons, and by God’s grace you will succeed.
    Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
  • Conservation is getting nowhere because it is incompatible with our Abrahamic concept of land. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture.
    Aldo Leopold
  • The good causes of the Left may generally be compared to NASCAR; they offer the diversion of watching things go excitingly around in a circle, getting nowhere. Page 11.
    David Mamet

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