noun
deadhead
A person regarded contemptuously as stupid or useless.
The manager calls the workers deadheads when they make mistakes.
Etymology
The compound imagines a head lacking useful activity. Applied to a person, it becomes a contemptuous judgment of stupidity or failure to contribute.
More examples
- He treats me like a deadhead whenever I ask a question.
- She dismisses her lazy coworker as a useless deadhead.
- You think we're deadheads, but we solved the problem without you.
Forms
deadhead · deadheads
Similar words
- idiot
- Emphasizes stupidity rather than laziness or lack of usefulness.
- deadweight
- Emphasizes being a burden rather than being unintelligent.