deadweight (Meaning)
deadweight
a ship's load including the total weight of cargo, fuel, stores, crew, and passengers, the unrelieved weight of an inert mass, dead load, the full weight of a mass that is not moving
Synonyms & Antonyms of deadweight
deadweight Sentence Examples
- The boat's excessive deadweight slowed it down to a crawl.
- The aging equipment was a deadweight holding back the company's progress.
- The team's underperforming member was becoming a deadweight.
- Oversized luggage can quickly become a deadweight on a long hike.
- The financial crisis caused a deadweight of debt to burden the economy.
- The deadweight of bureaucracy can stifle innovation and growth.
- The stale ideas were like deadweight holding back the brainstorming session.
- The injured athlete was a deadweight on the basketball team.
- The deadweight of remorse haunted her conscience.
- The deadweight of expectations crushed his spirits.
FAQs About the word deadweight
a ship's load including the total weight of cargo, fuel, stores, crew, and passengers, the unrelieved weight of an inert mass, dead load, the full weight of a m
burden, cargo, ballast, haul, load, payload, weight, loading, freight, consignment
No antonyms found.
The boat's excessive deadweight slowed it down to a crawl.
The aging equipment was a deadweight holding back the company's progress.
The team's underperforming member was becoming a deadweight.
Oversized luggage can quickly become a deadweight on a long hike.
