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Meaning of dead letter office | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dead level dead link dead load dead loss dead mall dead man

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