Definitions from Wiktionary (lame duck)
▸ noun: (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
▸ noun: (US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
▸ noun: (finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
▸ verb: (informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in the manner of a lame duck.
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▸ noun: (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
▸ noun: (US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
▸ noun: (finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
▸ verb: (informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in the manner of a lame duck.
Similar:
deadleg,
empty suit,
dead-leg,
impotent,
lacker,
dead leg,
gutless wonder,
debile,
lackluster,
weakling,
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Types:
president,
prime minister,
governor,
mayor,
judge,
CEO,
chairman,
chairwoman,
senator,
congressman,
more...
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