dead wood

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dead wood

people in a group or organization who are not useful any more and who need to be removed There's a lot of dead wood in the team which needs to be cleared out.

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And, provided with a lentil, he lighted a fire of dead wood that crackled joyously. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context I had to keep guessing at the channel; I had to discern, mostly by inspiration, the signs of hidden banks; I watched for sunken stones; I was learning to clap my teeth smartly before my heart flew out, when I shaved by a fluke some infernal sly old snag that would have ripped the life out of the tin-pot steamboat and drowned all the pilgrims; I had to keep a look-out for the signs of dead wood we could cut up in the night for next day's steaming. Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph View in context The grass was high and thick, affording feed for her horse and a bed for herself, and there was more than enough dead wood lying about the trees to furnish a good fire well through the night. Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			dead as a dodo dead as a doornail dead broke dead cat on the line dead center dead certain dead drunk dead duck dead easy dead from the neck up dead giveaway dead in or an animal's tracks dead in the water dead letter dead loss dead meat Dead men tell no tales dead of winter dead on dead on arrival dead on feet dead serious dead set against dead to rights dead to the world dead wood dead wrong deaden with deadly deadly dull deaf deaf and dumb deaf as a post deal deal a death blow deal in deal into deal out deal out of deal with dealing dear dear departed Dear me! death Death is the great leveler death on debate debate on debit debit against			dead vaccine dead vaccine Dead Voices on Air Dead wall Dead wall Dead water Dead water dead weight dead weight dead weight dead weight dead weight Dead Weight All Told Dead Weight Cargo Capacity Dead weight loss Dead weight tonnage Dead weight tonnage Dead weight tonnage Dead Weight Tons dead well Dead White European Male dead white European males dead white European males Dead White Guy dead white male Dead white males Dead white males Dead wind dead window Dead With Paramedic Assistance dead wood dead wool dead wool dead wool dead wool dead wool dead work dead wraps dead wrong Dead Zone Dead Zone Dead Zone Eliminator Dead Zone Lattice Vector Quantization dead zone unit Dead Zones Dead, Book of the Dead, Book of the Dead, Book of the Dead, Dying, Diseased or Hazardous Dead, Injured, Missing dead-air space dead-air space dead-and-alive Dead-arm Dead-arm dead-ball line dead-ball lines Dead-born DEAD-box protein A dead-bright dead-burn

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