No-go

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Not functioning properly..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not functioning properly.
2. (of a place) Not to be entered.
3. (manufacturing, of a gauge) That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved.
4. (manufacturing, colloquial, by ellipsis) A no-go gauge.
5. Alternative form of no go.

Example Sentences

They lived in a no-go part of the ghetto.

The noise and drunkenness made the area a no-go zone at night for families.

Many of these areas have become no go for investment

The key resisting areas have effectively become no go

Two pubs in the Pontardawe area which had previously been hubs of local social life had become "no-go" through being frequented by the gang.

The Great Western opened a Paddington station in 1838, a wooden terminus to the north of the present station, which would arrive in 1853. As with Euston, the site was bounded to the south by high-class property, a no-go zone for railways.

no-go gauge

This bore is no good: the no-go pin is flying right into the first half of it.

Synonyms for no-go

Antonyms for no-go

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Word Forms

• no-gos
• no-goes

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