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

His talent was extreme, but his introverted personality seemed at times to inhibit him on the World Cup stage, where the burden of trying to deliver glory for his country — as Maradona did so memorably in 1986 — weighed so heavily on his shoulders.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Bo never seemed to let the burdens of being the eldest child overwhelm him.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

These backlogs are impactful to the flow of cargo in and out of western Europe.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
Once again, the fastback Coupe becomes the more-fashionable choice, while trading nearly 20 percent of the standard model’s rear cargo space and a touch of rear headroom.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

Some shouted out cult classics like Possession (1981), in which Neill provided the ballast that allowed his co-star Isabelle Adjani the chance to dive headfirst into the deep end, or the Hitchcock thriller on a boat Dead Calm (1989).

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026
The balloon was so weighed down that the men had to throw their sandbag ballast overboard just to gain the air.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026

Definition of ballast

Noun

It isn't meant to house a bed but simply to open up space above the 205 x 186-cm (81 x 73-in) master king bed, creating a more complete bedroom that gives sleepers loads of space to sit up comfortably.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026
This one has a lid to ensure no pile is ever seen, no matter how long it's been since your last load.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of load

Noun

The most notable is the payload suite flying on Flight 13 — 20 of SpaceX's next-gen Starlink V3 internet satellites.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Its payload includes a cache of Starlink V3 satellites—next-generation spacecraft that are the largest and heaviest yet launched for SpaceX’s relentless expansion of its broadband Internet megaconstellation.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Definition of payload

Noun

Neither carried a best actor or actress nominee alongside that haul.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026
Even the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are still sitting on a huge haul of future draft capital, had to start trimming their supporting cast this offseason because Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams’ max extensions kicked in.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026