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':
beat a dead horse	Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
brain-dead	Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc.
cut somebody dead	Definitions include: to deliberately ignore someone when you meet them.
DDG	Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
dead	Definitions include: to consume or use up.
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
dead *ss	Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying".
dead cracked	Definitions include: without money
dead drunk	Definitions include: extremely drunk - passed out or near to passing out.
deaded	Definitions include: extremely tired.
dead end	Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
dead log	Definitions include: a person who simply lays there during sex, without responding.
dead meat	Definitions include: dead people or persons.
dead nuts	Definitions include: accurate; "dead on".
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Other terms relating to 'weight':
throw (one's) weight around	Definitions include: to take advantage of one's influence.
weight	Definitions include: large quantities of drugs.
worth (one's) weight in gold	Definitions include: to be extremely valuable.

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