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Definition of dead weight noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    dead weight

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  1. 1a thing that is very heavy and difficult to lift or move The sleeping child was a dead weight in her arms.
  2. 2a person or thing that makes it difficult for something to succeed or change
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