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dead horse

NOUN
debt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrears bill capital commitment credit damage deficit due indebtedness liability mortgage obligation price tag receipt
STRONG
IOU albatross baggage bite check chit claim cuff debenture debit dues duty encumbrance invoice manifest note reckoning responsibility score tab tally voucher
WEAK
arrearage bad news below the line in hock in the hole in the red outstandings promissory note red ink
Antonyms
STRONG
irresponsibility
WEAK
asset cash excess profit
NOUN
deficit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
loss shortfall
STRONG
arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming
WEAK
due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency
WEAK
excess superfluousness

Example Sentences

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It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

As late as 10 p.m., the dead horse was left uncovered on the carpool lane on the 605.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

“I think you would like to have those players playing in an ideal world, but I feel like we’re sort of beating a dead horse in this media room a little bit,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The dead horse was found by a citizen in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, at around 8:30 a.m.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

When Ser Justin Massey rode up, he told them to butcher the dead horse for meat and break up the wagon for firewood.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin