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- a variation of dead weight.
deadweight
NOUN
burden
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accountability
affliction
albatross
blame
care
charge
clog
encumbrance
grievance
hindrance
millstone
misfortune
mishap
obstruction
punishment
sorrow
trial
work
WEAK
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charge
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load
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affliction
albatross
care
charge
cumber
drag
drain
duty
encumbrance
incubus
liability
millstone
obligation
onus
oppression
tax
trouble
trust
worry
WEAK
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millstone
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onus
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WEAK
NOUN
task
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NOUN
tax
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NOUN
weight
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WEAK
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Deadweight loss exists any time the profit-maximizing price of a unit of something exceeds the cost of producing an extra unit.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2012