Meaning of dead letter office | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered.
2. A channel of communications for which the recipient neither acknowledges nor acts upon any messages sent.
   figuratively

Examples

“The whole world is a Dead Letter Office. No one's listening to us. Our words vanish in the wind.”

“The agriculture department was merely a dead letter office until the present Minister gave it life and usefulness”

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