Noun

(en noun)

A definite class, state or condition.

An unfortunate or trying position or condition; a tight spot.

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, year=1978 , author= , title=The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism , page=xv (20th edition) , passage=Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life.}}

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, year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}

(logic) That which is predicated; a category.

Noun

(wikipedia impasse) (en noun)

a road with no exit; a cul-de-sac

a deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made

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, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter XIV , passage=“It seems to me the thing's an impasse . French expression,” I explained, “meaning that we're stymied good and proper with no hope of finding a formula.”}}

* 2010 ,

"Young man, this town is at a bit of an impasse . If you have any suggestion that might help, now would be the time to voice it."