Associations to the word «Deadwood»

Wiktionary

DEADWOOD, noun. Coarse woody debris
DEADWOOD, noun. People judged to be superfluous to an organization or project
DEADWOOD, noun. Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early

Dictionary definition

DEADWOOD, noun. A branch or a part of a tree that is dead.
DEADWOOD, noun. Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope