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Lame duck Moderate

Lame duck has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

2

A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.

See Also
dead man walking person who cannot fulfill their contracts person or thing that is helpless inefficient or disabled elected official who has lost recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
elected official
Rhyming Words
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