dead wood



dead wood

people in a group or organization who are not useful any more and who need to be removed There's a lot of dead wood in the team which needs to be cleared out.
See also: dead, wood

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Itzal-Basque
Dror-Hebrew
Koralia-Greek, Late Greek
Shahrizad-Arabic
Urd-Norse Mythology
Mwanajuma-Eastern African, Swahili