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

Additional private investment is being courted to offset that burden on Cypriot consumers while additional EU funding is being weighed, said Damianos.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Spain’s defining strength has long been the collective, with individuals thriving within a wider framework rather than carrying the burden alone.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of burden

Noun

Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway, police said Wednesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
How much information would Iran demand about ships’ cargoes and destinations?

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of cargo

Noun

Because radiation shielding adds significant weight to one spot, engineers must adjust the ship’s overall balance and ballast systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of ballast

Noun

An explosives-laden drone was discovered at a German airport in one of Europe’s busiest freight terminals near Ukrainian cargo planes.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Transportation investments can route highways, truck traffic and freight corridors through particular neighborhoods, which increases residents’ exposure to diesel particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide.

— Mahbubur Meenar, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of freight

Noun

To power autonomous trailer loading, Foresight reasons across three spatial dimensions and time to optimize how packages are placed for space, stability and speed across a wide range of operating conditions.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
Installation and maintenance, loading and stocking and construction jobs, have also failed to recover.

— Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026