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Definition of dead weight
dead weight
noun - uncountable
- in a larger group, a person or group who does not contribute.
I think we should send him to more training. Right now he's just dead weight.
Last edited on Sep 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'dead': | |
Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago. | |
Definitions include: be in serious trouble. | |
Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc. | |
Definitions include: to deliberately ignore someone when you meet them. | |
Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous". | |
Definitions include: to consume or use up. | |
Definitions include: silence on the radio. | |
Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying". | |
Definitions include: without money | |
Definitions include: extremely drunk - passed out or near to passing out. | |
Definitions include: extremely tired. | |
Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle. | |
Definitions include: a person who simply lays there during sex, without responding. | |
Definitions include: dead people or persons. | |
Definitions include: accurate; "dead on". | |
Other terms relating to 'weight': | |
Definitions include: to take advantage of one's influence. | |
Definitions include: large quantities of drugs. | |
Definitions include: to be extremely valuable. |
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