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deadweight
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Definitions ofdeadweight
1noun
- 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.
Example: "She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter."
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