noun [usuallysing.]
1 a thing that is very heavy and difficult to lift or move:
The sleeping child was a deadweight in her arms.
2 a person or thing that makes it difficult for sth to succeed or change
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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