Related Words for lame duck

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dead duck
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Phrase, Noun
loser
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Noun
drip
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Noun
incapable
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Adjective
weakling
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Noun
invalid
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Noun
dunce
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Noun
sad sack
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Phrase, Noun
wimp
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Noun
slouch
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Noun
lackluster
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Adjective
clumsy
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Adjective
slow lane
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Phrase, Noun
inefficient
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Adjective
lost cause
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Phrase, Noun
languishing
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Adjective
heel
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Noun
impotent
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Adjective
underdog
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Noun
excuse
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Noun
incompetent
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Adjective
mollusc
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Noun
unworthy
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Adjective
insect
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Noun
retard
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Verb
invertebrate
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Noun
shoddy
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Adjective
disabled
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Adjective
lameness
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Noun
cripple
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Noun
unfortunate
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Adjective
paralytic
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Adjective
lumber
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Noun
inactive
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Adjective
inadequate
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Adjective
desperate
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Adjective
handicap
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Noun
derelict
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Noun
limp
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Adjective
almost
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Adverb
baby
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Noun
zombie
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Noun
dowdy
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Noun
deplorable
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Adjective
deadbeat
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Noun
impasse
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Noun
puny
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Adjective
moribund
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Noun
inferior
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Adjective
abject
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Adjective
scrub
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Noun
runt
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Noun
disadvantage
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Noun
wretch
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Noun
picayune
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Name
bungling
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Noun
garbage
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Noun
feet of clay
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Phrase, Noun
idiot
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Noun
mockery
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Noun
imbecile
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Noun
ungainly
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Adjective
fritz
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Name
menial
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Adjective
decline
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Noun
awkward
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Adjective
last minute
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Phrase, Noun, Adjective
bottleneck
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Noun
innocent
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Adjective
amateur
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Noun
impracticable
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Adjective
nostrum
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Noun
mediocre
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Adjective
nuisance
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Noun
unusable
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Adjective
bad news
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Phrase, Noun
mute
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Adjective
failure
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Noun
flea
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Noun
degenerate
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Adjective
despicable
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Adjective
devil
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Noun
inability
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Noun
drab
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Noun
cannot
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Adjective
craven
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Noun
miserable
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Adjective
random
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Noun
debacle
x/x
Noun
subnormal
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Adjective
washout
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Noun
dead hand
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Phrase, Noun
lost soul
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Phrase, Noun
aberdeen
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Name
alight
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Adverb, Verb, Adjective
alligator
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Noun, Verb
anas
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Verb
animal
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Noun, Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
avoid
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Verb
awesome
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Adjective, Noun
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bad
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bat
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Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beaver
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Noun, Verb
bill
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Noun, Verb
bird
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
blade
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Noun, Verb
blind
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
bogus
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Adjective, Noun
boned
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Adjective
boom
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Noun, Verb
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
box
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Noun, Verb
brainy
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Adjective
bred
/
Noun
brunt
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Noun, Verb
bud
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Noun, Verb
buffalo
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Noun, Verb
bugger
/x
Noun, Verb
bum
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
calf
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Noun
canard
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Noun
canary
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cane
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Noun, Verb
chair
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Noun, Verb
cheap
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheesy
/x
Adjective
chicken
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
circumvent
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Verb
circus
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Noun, Verb
cirque
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Noun
cleverer
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Adjective
cock
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Noun, Verb
coincidental
xxx/x
Adjective
corny
/x
Adjective
crap
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crappy
/x
Adjective
creep
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Verb, Noun
creepy
/x
Adjective
crocodile
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Noun, Verb
crow
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
crummy
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Adjective, Noun
crutches
/x
Noun
dabbling
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Noun
daft
/
Adjective
dam
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
decayed
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Adjective
deer
/
Noun
delicate
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Adjective, Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
determined
x/x
Adjective
dip
/
Noun, Verb
dipper
/x
Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
dodge
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
donkey
/x
Noun
doug
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Name
douse
/
Verb, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drake
/
Name
dreary
/x
Adjective
ducked
/
Verb
duckling
/x
Noun
ducky
/x
Noun, Adjective
dud
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Noun, Adjective
duke
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Noun, Verb
dull
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
dumb
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
dwarf
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
elected
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Noun
elude
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Verb
evade
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Verb
eyed
/
Adjective
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
fish
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Noun, Verb
flawed
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Adjective
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
foolish
/x
Adjective
foul
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
fowl
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
fox
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Noun, Verb
fractured
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Adjective
fudge
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Noun, Verb
geek
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Noun, Verb
goat
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Noun, Verb
god
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Name, Verb
goose
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Noun, Verb
grub
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Noun, Verb
halt
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
hamstring
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Verb, Noun
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hare
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
head
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
hearted
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hedge
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Noun, Verb
hit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
hobbled
/x
Verb
hog
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Noun, Verb
hopeless
/x
Adjective
horrible
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Adjective, Noun
hunt
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Noun, Verb
impeded
x/x
Adjective
infirm
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Adjective, Verb
knife
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Noun, Verb
lamentable
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Adjective
lousy
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Adjective
lovable
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Adjective
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ludicrous
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Adjective
magazine
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Noun
maimed
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Adjective, Noun
mallard
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Noun
measly
/x
Adjective
mercy
/x
Noun, Verb
moron
/x
Noun
muskrat
/x
Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
near
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
newspaper
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Noun, Verb
nil
/
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
null
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ostrich
/x
Noun
ox
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Noun
parry
/x
Noun, Verb
partridge
/x
Noun
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
petty
/x
Adjective, Noun
pheasant
/x
Noun
phoney
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
phony
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pig
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Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
pitiable
/xxx
Adjective
pitiful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
pity
/x
Noun, Verb
plucky
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Adjective