dead weight
Example Sentences
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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
“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
Perpetual litigation also creates significant "dead weight" in attorneys' fees and court costs, Katyal said.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2022
The movers arrived at eleven that morning, powerfully muscled, red-faced men who grunted officiously over the dead weight of refrigerators and air conditioners.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
