deadweight
deadweight Lexical Profile
deadweight Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An oppressive burden, encumbrance, or unproductive person or thing that hinders progress.
"The outdated software had become a deadweight on the company's overall productivity."
The heavy, unrelieved weight of an inert body or lifeless object.
"The paramedics struggled to lift the deadweight of the unconscious patient onto the stretcher."
The total weight of cargo, fuel, water, provisions, passengers, and crew that a ship can safely carry when fully loaded.
"The new oil tanker has a total deadweight of over three hundred thousand metric tons."
• adjective
In Economics, relating to a loss of economic efficiency or welfare that provides no corresponding benefit to any other party.
"Economists carefully calculated the deadweight loss resulting from the newly imposed tariff."