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dead rubbers

dead rubbers is the plural of dead rubber.

Meaning of dead rubber

Noun

dead rubber (plural dead rubbers)

  1. In a series of sporting fixtures, a match of which the result is irrelevant, the winner of the series, or the outcome of the league, having already been determined by earlier results.
    • It also means Tuchel can use qualifiers that are now effectively dead rubbers against Serbia at Wembley and away to Albania to continuing shaping his squad in readiness for the World Cup.2025 October 14, Phil McNulty, “Latvia 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport

Questions about dead rubbers

What is dead rubbers the plural of?
Dead rubbers is the plural of dead rubber.

Words near dead rubbers in the dictionary

  1. dead roll
  2. dead rolls
  3. dead room
  4. dead rooms
  5. dead rubber
  6. dead rubbers
  7. dead run
  8. dead sea
  9. Dead Sea apple
  10. Dead Sea apples
  11. Dead Sea effect

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