dead weight
Example Sentences
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The factory sector no longer looks like dead weight.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The text of the measure was unenforceable, but the dead words remained in the California Constitution, a dead weight on our collective conscience.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
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
Even in heavy traffic, about 80% of forces on the bridge come from the concrete structure’s own dead weight.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2022
My head no longer felt like my head but like a dead weight on my torso.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
