white elephant
SEE DEFINITION OF white elephantSynonyms for white elephant
- albatross
- ball and chain
- burden
- burthen
- more trouble than it's worth
- onus
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I dare say he thought the gift horse was something of a white elephant.
"It's sure a white elephant we've got on our hands," laughed Thad.
Wherefore, what offering could be so meet as that of a white elephant?
They say the Government has got something very like a white elephant in that vast pile.
Oddly enough, I had no difficulty in getting rid of my white elephant of a farm.
I have caught my white elephant, but what am I to do with him?
The Order of the White Elephant, founded in 1861, is in five classes.
If thou hast a white elephant, be comforted—somewhere there is a zoo.
The hotel has been a "white elephant" because it is too fine for the city.
But they soon did as asked, producing the white elephant skin.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR WHITE ELEPHANT
cheap
adjectiveinferior, low in quality- bad
- base
- bogus
- catchpenny
- cheesy
- common
- commonplace
- crappy
- cruddy
- dud
- flashy
- garbage
- garish
- glitzy
- junky
- lousy
- mangy
- mean
- mediocre
- meretricious
- no bargain
- no good
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- ratty
- raunchy
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- rubbishy
- scroungy
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- small-time
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- two-bit
- valueless
- white elephant
- worthless
cheaper
adjectiveinferior, low in quality- bad
- base
- bogus
- catchpenny
- cheesy
- common
- commonplace
- crappy
- cruddy
- dud
- flashy
- garbage
- garish
- glitzy
- junky
- lousy
- mangy
- mean
- mediocre
- meretricious
- no bargain
- no good
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- ratty
- raunchy
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- rubbishy
- scroungy
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- small-time
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- two-bit
- valueless
- white elephant
- worthless
cheapest
adjectiveinferior, low in quality- bad
- base
- bogus
- catchpenny
- cheesy
- common
- commonplace
- crappy
- cruddy
- dud
- flashy
- garbage
- garish
- glitzy
- junky
- lousy
- mangy
- mean
- mediocre
- meretricious
- no bargain
- no good
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- ratty
- raunchy
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- rubbishy
- scroungy
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- small-time
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- two-bit
- valueless
- white elephant
- worthless
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