deadweight
noun
- 1
Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
- 2
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.
- 3
Dead load.
- 4
That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
“She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.”
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