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lame duck
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lame duck
n.
1.
a. An elected officeholder or group continuing in office during the period between failure to win an election and the inauguration of a successor.
b. An officeholder who has chosen not to run for reelection or is ineligible for reelection.
2. An ineffective person; a weakling.
lame-duck (lmdk) adj.
lame duck
n
1. a person or thing that is disabled or ineffectual
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Stock Exchange a speculator who cannot discharge his liabilities
3. (Business / Commerce) a company with a large workforce and high prestige that is unable to meet foreign competition without government support
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US
a.  an elected official or body of officials remaining in office in the interval between the election and inauguration of a successor
b.  (as modifier) a lame-duck president
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (modifier) US designating a term of office after which the officeholder will not run for re-election
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lame ducklame duck - an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
elected official - official who won the office in a free election
Translations
lame duck
n → Niete f (inf); lame duck company → unwirtschaftliche Firma
lame duck n (person) → persona inetta; (firm) → azienda traballante
a lame duck president (Am) presidente uscente
lame duck n (person) → persona inetta; (firm) → azienda traballante
a lame duck president (Am) presidente uscente


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Lame ducks come back to Washington this week and they're not going to do much.
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``If we allowed our owners to have that kind of discussion, either formally or informally, we would inevitably make lame ducks out of a number of teams, which would be unfair to the public and a stupid thing to do.
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Powell's posse claimed that neither the secretary of state nor his deputy had ever said they intended to step down, and charged that the neocons were leaking a canard to turn the two men they consider lame doves into lame ducks.
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