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  1. dead weightnoun

    an oppressive encumbrance

  2. dead weightnoun

    a heavy motionless weight

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  1. Stephen Vysocky:

    The one thing that I don't like is, because I've lost so much weight, I have a lot of loose skin, i'm trying to get that removed because there is a lot of complications now with my loose skin. And it also adds extra dead weight, pretty much, and there's no way I could lose that, no matter how hard I try.


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