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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. something doomed to failure;
- Example: "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"
- Example: "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"
- Example: "as theories go, that's a dead duck"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dead duck
    n 1: something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the
         legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV
         channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead
         duck"