(also nó dead weight)nounAinmfhocal1nauticalmuiríof shipmeá-lasta2heavy motionless weighttromualachmasccmuit needs a deadweight to counterbalance itis gá tromualach mar fhrithmheáchan air3burdenualachmasc1cmubró mhuilinncmuwe're being crushed by the deadweight of bureaucracytáimid ag streachailt faoi ualach an mhaorlathais