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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈlame ˈduck, n. [countable]- Governmentan elected official or group continuing in office during the time between an election defeat and when the new person takes office.
- anyone or anything soon to be replaced by another.
- an ineffective person or thing.
lame-duck, adj.: a lame-duck president. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lame′ duck′, - Governmentan elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- Governmenta president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for reelection.
- a person finishing a term of employment after a replacement has been chosen.
- anything soon to be supplanted by another that is more efficient, economical, etc.
- a person or thing that is disabled, helpless, ineffective, or inefficient.
- a person who has lost a great deal of money in speculations on the stock market.
lame′-duck′, adj.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lame duck n - a person or thing that is disabled or ineffectual
- a speculator who cannot discharge his liabilities
- US an elected official or body of officials remaining in office in the interval between the election and inauguration of a successor
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