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

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Noun

The state of Connecticut has one of the highest property tax burdens in the nation and among the highest costs for energy and housing.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
Film carries the burden of being popular in the present, but at the end of the day, the real challenge is to make something that can endure the test of time, like Vija does with her masterful work.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

The original bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River in March 2024 after a cargo ship lost power and struck it, killing six construction workers.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
SpaceX ultimately became the biggest success story of NASA’s commercial crew and cargo programs, allowing the space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station without relying on Russia’s Soyuz rocket.

— Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

Lydia obviously provides some support, ballast and encouragement, determination for him.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
The Coast Guard then escorted the Grace to Progreso, Mexico, where a Mexican Navy inspection team confirmed large quantities of fuel in the ship’s ballast tanks.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ballast

Noun

Judah Levine, Freightos' head of research, said in addition to higher fuel, demand for fast shipping of hardware used to build data centers is helping to boost air freight rates, even weeks before peak last-minute holiday packages take to the skies.

— Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

The successful campaign allowed engineers to assess how the magnet deforms under electromagnetic loads and compare its behavior with structural models.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Rubber gaskets and seals help prevent leaks, especially in front-load models.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of load

Noun

The company plans two Chiron missions in 2027, both flying payloads for an undisclosed national security customer.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
The spacecraft is designed to make follow-up observations of the asteroids using 12 payloads, providing new insights that will prove valuable for planetary defense efforts.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of payload

Noun

These nuclear batteries have powered legendary long-haul missions like Voyager for nearly fifty years.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
The majority of his income has come from big hauls across his five highest-earning months, reflecting the venture's hit-or-miss nature.

— Tom Huddleston Jr.,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026