dead weight
Example Sentences
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The factory sector no longer looks like dead weight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
“A lot of people are dead weight, too,” she added, asserting that the upcoming year will be about taking care of herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Misguided, opinionated labor is dead weight; the high-up leaders know best, which is why they’ve earned the positions they have to begin with.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2023
“I’m trying to understand how a person’s dead weight can be on your body and how his head can be suspended above your head?”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
“You’re generous, tinker. But I’d rather have the shirt than the rope and the fruit wine. They’d just be dead weight in my bag and I’ve got a lot of walking ahead of me.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
