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US
/ˈdɛdˌwʊd/
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[ UK /dˈɛdwʊd/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛdwʊd/ ]
NOUN
- a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
How To Use deadwood In A Sentence
- They love the series and some whitehats tell em they gotta do it in three movies and some bullshit tv series..which most likely wouldnt be hbo or the like they cancelled deadwood in three seasons because it was too expensive to produce. network tv adaptation would be a catastrophe and blasphamy..they deny it probably out of respect. Ron Howard to direct DARK TOWER movie trilogy
- Stop chipping halfway , you cannot chop down deadwood ; and keep chipping a way, gold and stone can be carved.
- The surveys concluded that the tree's trunk was essentially hollow and there were large areas of deadwood within its crown.
- Boards and legislatures have insisted on post-tenure review as a way of ensuring faculty responsibility and of getting rid of supposed deadwood.
- Clothing and Textile Workers Union (Sactwu), Vavi said that some ministers were "deadwoods who remain untouchable", and that some were ANC Daily News Briefing
- In September 1879 Deadwood, like the phoenix, was consumed by fire.
- Union, Vavi said some ministers were "deadwoods who remain untouchable", and that some were "dying on duty". ANC Daily News Briefing
- What I find really worrying though is that it is often the deadwoods who end up on hiring committees, as other people are too busy doing real work. Ferule & Fescue
- Parish councillors had already decided the lime tree would have to go after two separate professional surveys concluded that it posed a significant risk, with its trunk essentially hollow and large areas of deadwood within its crown.
- Besides, the economy won't resume rapid growth until deadwood has been cut out, making it possible for companies to start investing again in assets that are priced to earn healthy profits.