no-go
/nˈoʊɡˌoʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.86 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not functioning properly.
adj
Not to be entered.
adj
That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved.
noun
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."