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dead weight meaning in Tamil

பயனில் பளு

dead weight in Tamil: பயனில் பளு, பாழ்ச்சுமை. In English, dead weight means unremitting heavy weight that does not move.

Tamil words for dead weight

பயனில் பளு, பாழ்ச்சுமை

English meaning of dead weight

  1. noun Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
  2. noun The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
  3. noun A dead load.
  4. noun That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.

Full definition of dead weight

dead weight in a sentence

  • She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.
  • He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.

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Questions about dead weight in Tamil

What is the meaning of dead weight in Tamil?
Dead weight in Tamil is பயனில் பளு, பாழ்ச்சுமை.
dead weight என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Dead weight: பயனில் பளு, பாழ்ச்சுமை.
What does dead weight mean in English?
Dead weight means unremitting heavy weight that does not move.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: dead weight (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dead weight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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