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deadwing 

A person who has been compromised or proven themselves unreliable, untrustworthy, a liability, and generally useless. Someone who has fallen from grace, and is generally ostracized. Someone who destroys themselves or others or causes great harm due to acts of stupidity, hubris, vanity, greed or negligence. For example, Icarus flew too close to the sun, melting his wings, and fell to his death.

Surprisingly, this word is used quite often in English-speaking countries, but does not appear in mainstream dictionaries. Some examples of popular references are Porcupine Tree's album entitled "Deadwing", and used in "Walking Dead" when Martinez refers to the Governor as a 'deadwing'.
After falling asleep on guard duty for the third time, Billy had become a deadwing, and was no longer trustworthy for guard duty.
Barney was a deadwing and could no longer be allowed to carry a gun after it went off and shot Otis, who was passed out drunk in a nearby jail cell.
They're making that deadwing Johnny sweep floors after he drove the forklift off the loading dock.
This is the third bar Billy's got us thrown out of tonight, so as far as I'm concerned, he's just a deadwing.
deadwing by dengwms November 23, 2013
Related Words
To pretend to be dead. To lie down in a manner in which someone would be presumed dead. Usually done with a group of friends for comical reasons or just out of plain boredom. In order to successfully Dead you must have a picture taken of the person Deading and the Dead must be named.
Let's all just start Deading in the elevator.
Bro I'm about to pull off a Dead Elevator, you down?
Deading by mustbenew September 17, 2011
The act of cutting off all communication with someone
"I can't believe she's just deading me after we'd been friends for so long."
Deading by CentaurCat January 28, 2017

Deadringer 

A word to describe someone who has the same physcial appearance as another person.

The word originated from medieval Britain when it was believed that when a person dies his spirit walks to his birthplace and rings a bell signalling the end of the physical life.
"Kelsey Grammer is a deadringer or Mussolini."
Deadringer by themasterofshadowgays September 10, 2011
Not responding to a form of communication, be it a snapchat, DM, message, text, etc.
Ellen was deading all the snaps I sent her last night, I think she is mad at me.
Deading by bredcatman October 7, 2016
Sorry I can’t making it I’m deading Saturday.
Deading by Penguin1224 February 24, 2018