Examples of 'dead weight' in a sentence

Meaning of "dead weight"

Dead weight refers to something that is heavy and burdensome, often used metaphorically to describe a person or thing that is unproductive, inefficient, or holding back progress
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  • Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
  • The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
  • Dead load.
  • That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.

How to use "dead weight" in a sentence

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Been a dead weight on her ass for years.
Let us dump the dead weight first.
Dead weight is a lot heavier than alive.
You are like a dead weight around my neck.
Dead weight is the hardest weight to move.
Haul a lot of dead weight with that.
Dead weight finds its own level.
I am just gonna be dead weight out there.
Low dead weight low your cost.
I do not want to be a dead weight around here.
No offence but you were always going to be a dead weight.
The girls are dead weight in a fire fight.
Those unnecessary parts are just dead weight.
As if we are dead weight that does not contribute to society.
I got nothing but dead weight here.

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Unit two dead weight loss was in aMeme it.
I think we have got some dead weight.
They were all dead weight to begin with.
About time we dropped some dead weight.
She was like dead weight in our arms.
And eradicating all the dead weight.
Static weight is dead weight and it is what it is.
I have decided to cut the dead weight.
They were like dead weight keeping us down.
We may need to lose some dead weight.
Dead weight is the hardest kind of weight to move.
That was some dead weight for us.
I have always been the albatross or dead weight.
She rested like a dead weight in my arms.
Easy to transport as a result of low dead weight.
There is no room for dead weight at a startup.
That dead weight we leave behind.
The vessel summer dead weight tonnage.
He was dead weight before he even landed.
Now we know who the dead weight was.
A huge dead weight on the production.
We can not have any dead weight.
To cut the dead weight from our ranks.
You would be two tons of dead weight.
Leave the dead weight behind.
Go limp and make myself dead weight.
You are gonna be dead weight this time around.
Gruner does not need any dead weight.
I am not a dead weight out here.
Saddle him with some dead weight.
Unit two dead weight loss was in a.
We need to lose the dead weight now.
Dead weight sticking on top of my head.
The rest of you are dead weight.
This is our dead weight loss over here.

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