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Raredeadweight
The correct spelling is deadweight.
How to pronounce deadweight
noun
Say it like: Dee-dwa-yt
The correct spelling is deadweight. Unremitting heavy weight that does not move. For example: "She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter."
Usage Examples
“She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.”
Definition
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.
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