Meaning of dead wood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Matters or things that have become unnecessary or otherwise useless; bloat, dead weight.
   figuratively, uncountable
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, wood.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Everybody knows that when you have⟳ a layoff, you use⟳ it as chance to get⟳ rid⟳ of the people you wanted to get⟳ rid⟳ of anyway, but couldn't document or hadn't bothered documenting as bad employees […]. If you don't have⟳ much dead wood, you hope⟳ they make⟳ you use⟳ a senioentrity list, because then you can say⟳ it's out of your control⟳.”

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