dead weight
Example Sentences
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The factory sector no longer looks like dead weight.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
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 thought I was dead weight / But you wanna carry me / You wanna carry me home,” she sings on the track, gritty guitar sounds behind her.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
But there’s no reason why the Wild won’t again push for a deep run in the playoffs, despite the dead weight from the buyouts of former franchise players Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022
A hundred miles on a wilderness river with a raft, hauling a grown man who would be nothing but dead weight, was impossible.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
