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
“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
Of course I wanted to, but the laundry basket was dead weight in my arms.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
