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leaden

[led-n] / ˈlɛd n /


ADJECTIVE
heavy
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST




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Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The Oscar nominee gives her physical all to the movie and, as a thank you, “Ballerina” lets her stay mostly silent so its leaden lines don’t weigh down her performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

All this after Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to field under a leaden sky.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

In that void, Alfonso Manas, a researcher from the University of Granada, sees a fallen fighter, struck down by the leaden women above her.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

He stands in front of a tabletop divided into compartments, placing tiny rectangular prisms of leaden letterforms into a bracket in his hand.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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