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A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
Examples
- Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
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A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: duck
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A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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To behave in the manner of a lame duck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive, transitive
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an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: elected official
Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
неудачник
(neudačnik)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Czech:
mrzák
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Czech:
neschopný člověk
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Czech:
chudák
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Czech:
chudáček
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Finnish:
siipirikko
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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French:
canard boiteux
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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French:
boulet
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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German:
lahme Ente
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Italian:
brocco
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Italian:
inetto
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Italian:
incapace
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Polish:
nieudacznik
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Polish:
nieudacznica
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Polish:
ofiara
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Polish:
ofiara losu
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Polish:
niedorajda
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Russian:
неуда́чник
(neudáčnik)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Russian:
неуда́чница
(neudáčnica)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Russian:
бедола́га
(bedolága)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Russian:
бедня́га
(bednjága)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Russian:
несча́стненький
(nesčástnenʹkij)
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Swedish:
krake
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Swedish:
stackare
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Swedish:
vekling
— a person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
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Arabic:
البَطَّة العَرْجَاء
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Chinese Mandarin:
跛腳鴨 /跛脚鸭
(bǒjiǎoyā)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Chinese Mandarin:
瘸鴨 /瘸鸭
(quéyā)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Czech:
chromá kachna
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Czech:
dosluhující politik
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Esperanto:
lama anaso
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Finnish:
rampa ankka
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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French:
canard boiteux
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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German:
scheidender Amtsinhaber
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Greek:
κουτσή πάπια
(koutsí pápia)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Hebrew:
בַּרְוָז צוֹלֵעַ
(barváz tzoléa‘)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Italian:
anatra zoppa
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Japanese:
レームダック
(rēmu dakku)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Japanese:
レイムダック
(reimu dakku)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Japanese:
役立たず
(yakutatazu)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Japanese:
死に体
(shinitai)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Korean:
레임 덕
(reim deok)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Korean:
임기말 증후군
(imgimal jeunghugun)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Lithuanian:
šluboji antis
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Lombard:
ànedra zòppa
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Polish:
kulawa kaczka
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Portuguese:
pato manco
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Russian:
хрома́я у́тка
(xromája útka)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Spanish:
pato rengo
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Swedish:
lame duck
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Swedish:
haltande anka
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Thai:
เป็ดง่อย
(bpèt ngɔ̂ɔi)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
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Ukrainian:
кульга́ва ка́чка
(kulʹháva káčka)
— an official who is marking time until leaving their office
