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

And the global threats to health risk amplifying existing inequalities, with the greatest burden falling on the most vulnerable communities.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
But carrying that burden forward with nothing more than hope to balance it, passing it on to future generations, explaining it to strangers, is too much.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

The ministry said that port and ship repair facilities in the southern Odesa region and ships carrying cargo for the Ukrainian military were also hit.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
The mission also delivered about 1,800 pounds of cargo to the station and returned about the same amount of stuff back to Earth.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

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
These deals offer partnerships, a ballast in a fractured world.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ballast

Noun

The logistics data points to pressure extending beyond the ports, with businesses facing tighter warehouse availability and elevated freight costs even as the peak shipping period begins to recede.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Atlas Survival Shelters, a Texas manufacturer, lists modular steel models starting around $60,000, with larger versions climbing into the hundreds of thousands of dollars or more, before freight and installation.

— Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

In a new Story on the same day Ross was carb loading in the City of Light, Kendrick thanked followers who stood by her.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The company’s website describes Nucleus as providing humanoid labor to factories by the hour, with current applications including parts picking, shelf loading, product handling, and cart transport.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of loading

Noun

Five of those payloads are microsatellites for South Korea's nascent New-space Earth Observation Satellite Constellation for National Safety (NEONSAT) network.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
This gives it the largest conventional payload capacity in the US Air Force fleet.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of payload

Noun

Films by women directors have historically won few opportunities at the awards, making the haul a landmark for feminist filmmaking in the country.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
An everyday habit during a long-haul flight could have painful consequences for certain travelers — with a recent case highlighting some serious dangers.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026