lameduck

lameduck
lame duck n.
1.
a. An elected officeholder or group continuing in office during the period between failure to win an election and the inauguration of a successor.
b. An officeholder who has chosen not to run for reelection or is ineligible for reelection.
2. An ineffective person; a weakling.
  lameʹ-duckʹ (lāmʹdŭkʹ) adj.

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