Usage Note
Impasse is a French loanword used in Italian with an invariable plural. Its gender varies in usage (both l'impasse m and f are attested). It describes a situation with no way forward, stronger than stallo (stalemate).
Examples
"Quel discorso aveva un tono antisemita."
Natural Translation
That speech had an antisemitic tone.
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