Antonyms for deadweight


Grammar : Noun


Definition of deadweight

Origin :
  • 1650s, "weight of an inert body," from dead (adj.) + weight (n.).
  • As in load : noun burden, pressure
  • As in millstone : noun burden
  • As in onus : noun burden
  • As in task : noun job or chore, often assigned
  • As in tax : noun burden
  • As in weight : noun burden
  • As in burden : noun mental weight; stress
  • As in charge : noun burden
Example sentences :
  • Yet the power (so defined as horse-power) required to raise a deadweight of 20 lbs.
  • Extract from : « Unexplored Spain » by Abel Chapman
  • Blindly, I felt for the buttons on my dress, and buttoning I sank back in sleep again—the deadweight sleep of utter exhaustion.
  • Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska
  • It was the sudden release of both the keel and deadweight of the projectile that had caused R19 to shoot up to the surface.
  • Extract from : « A Sub and a Submarine » by Percy F. Westerman
  • The remainder were freighters, averaging about 5,000 deadweight tons each.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

Synonyms for deadweight

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