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1. (n.) lame duck
an elected official or group continuing in office in the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
2. lame duck
a president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for reelection.
3. lame duck
anyone or anything soon to be supplanted by another.
4. lame duck
a person or thing that is disabled, ineffective, or inefficient.
Etymology: (1755–65)
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1. (noun) lame duck
an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
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