deadwood
ded wood
- n a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- n someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
- The new CEO promised to weed out the deadwood and bring in energetic and responsive workers.
- In the guise of shedding deadwood the Company cynically retrenched loyal and genuine workers.
- Except for Lotto, Tintoretto and Bassano, and some beautiful works by Annibale Carracci, Adam Elsheimer and Guido Reni, most of this is deadwood and of interest mainly to .