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
If your torso, hips and lower body are rigid, it makes it a lot easier to lift them than if they’re dead weight.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022
Her skinny arms were trembling from the dead weight of her son.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
