Thesaurus results for DEADWEIGHT

deadweight

noun

Definition of deadweight

as in burden

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Recent Examples of deadweight The university that once promised to buoy scientific aspirations now feels like a deadweight. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025 Next comes some fancy piloting, the detachment of the thrusters, and then the scavenger ship is effectively so much deadweight in space, at least for now. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025 That was the point where Sunderland began to fall off the Premier League cliff-edge, and Ndong was a deadweight to hasten their demise. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 June 2025 Between September 2024 and January 2025, ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10 percent lower than the 2019-22 average by deadweight tonnage, according to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for deadweight

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight

Noun

Whatever option Toronto chooses, the burden falls on Cease and Soriano to continue their strong play.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
If fraud occurs, restoration support may also help reduce the burden of dealing with calls, paperwork and disputes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

The arrival of Stan Kroenke, whose sports empire includes the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Premier League’s Arsenal, among others, brings with it ballast.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
For most investors, bonds are a component of their accounts and usually (though not always) provide a ballast against stock volatility.

— Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ballast

Noun

The explosives-laden drone was found near a Ukrainian plane at the airport, a major international freight hub used for providing support to Ukraine.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Trucking and freight will face higher diesel prices hurting their margins, usually with a lag before those fuel surcharges catch up.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

The team stopped at 800 N because increasing the load further would require additional protective equipment, with a separate destructive limit test planned.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Motion Applied brings experience from motorsport, where power electronics face rapid load changes and intense operating conditions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

The new system allows the drone to release supplies while hovering, drop payloads during forward flight, or land and unload cargo autonomously, eliminating the need for personnel or dedicated equipment at the receiving site.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Technological advances have already made drones cheaply and readily available for purchase, with longer ranges, higher payloads, and an improved ability to evade electronic warfare.

— Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of payload

Noun

Individual households may find ways to drive less when gas prices are high, for example, but there’s fewer immediate substitutes for networks that rely on diesel to help produce and haul goods worldwide.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Haaland is already one of the most explosive players in FPL and against a side expected to spend much of the game defending, the Norwegian has the potential to produce the kind of haul that can transform a rank.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026