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lame duck
noun 
  1. (context, colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.
  2. (context, US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is mark time, marking time until leaving office.
    • Congressman Jones was a and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
     
 
  

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