lame duck
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lame duck (plural lame ducks)
- (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.
- (US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
- Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
