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past tense form of deadlock.
past participle of deadlock.

deadlocked

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motionless adj.
neck-and-neck adj.
static adj.
stock-still adj.
tied adj.
nip and tuck adv.

ADJECTIVE

motionless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frozen immobile inert lifeless paralyzed stagnant stationary steadfast

WEAK

apoplectic at a standstill at rest becalmed dead deathly firm fixed halted immotile inanimate numb palsied petrified quiescent quiet spellbound stable stalled standing static still stock-still torpid transfixed unmovable unmoved unmoving

Antonyms

STRONGEST

alive lively mobile moving unfixed

WEAK

active busy

ADJECTIVE

neck-and-neck

Synonyms

WEAK

close drawn needle nip and tuck tied too close to call

ADJECTIVE

static

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fixed immobile immovable passive stagnant stationary

STRONG

constant format stabile stable still

WEAK

at a standstill gridlocked inactive inert latent rigid stalled standing still sticky stopped stuck unchanging unfluctuating unmoving unvarying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mobile movable moving unfixed unsteady

STRONG

inconstant unstable

WEAK

active changeable continuous variable

ADJECTIVE

stock-still

Synonyms

STRONG

still

WEAK

apoplectic at a standstill at rest becalmed dead deathly firm fixed frozen halted immobile immotile inanimate inert lifeless numb palsied paralyzed petrified quiescent quiet spellbound stable stagnant stalled standing static stationary steadfast torpid transfixed unmovable unmoved unmoving

ADJECTIVE

tied

Synonyms

STRONG

equal matched

WEAK

neck and neck

Antonyms

STRONG

different unequal unlike

ADVERB

nip and tuck

Synonyms

WEAK

abreast drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call

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deadlocked

The three downstream states of California, Arizona and Nevada have deadlocked in negotiations in a tense dispute with the upstream states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

U.S. stocks slid as negotiations about the future of the Strait of Hormuz remain deadlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

District Judge Anne Hwang, who read it aloud, suggesting the panel was deadlocked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The third and most recent trial involving Mann ended in May 2026 with another deadlocked jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Noon finds them picking their way through deadlocked traffic on a new motorway near Vaucresson, a full ten miles west of their apartment, as far from home as Marie-Laure has ever been.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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