dead weight

Definition

Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.

Example Sentences

• "His dead weight, as he abruptly collapses, pulls his lapels from her hands, reminding her to step back, off-balancing whoever is behind her, […]"
• "She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter."
• "It was Ethel Churchill, dressed as a bride, and on her wedding morning, that Norbourne had seen. She had sought the summer-house for a few moments of quiet and solitude. There was a dead weight on her spirits, which she rather sought to indulge than to shake off."