dead letter office

noun

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…

    A channel of communications for which the recipient neither acknowledges nor acts upon any messages sent.

    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA