a way of doing sth that seems useful at first, but does not produce useful results, like following a path that suddenly stops:
Progress in science cannot be made without exploring blind alleys.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, blind alley is tagged as noun.
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