Lamenesses [noun]

While arguing in favor of Measure D at a City Council hearing in 2019, she called Beiser a “lame duck.”

Lame-duck Congress and lame-duck president face huge challenges in the coming weeksNow Signature, which has nearly 60 percent of its portfolio tied up in commercial real estate, is bracing for the fallout.

We urge our leaders on both sides of the aisle to find common ground, finish the work they started, and pass additional relief measures during the lame-duck session to help the businesses, industries, and workers who continue to suffer.

Though it’s possible another stimulus package could come during the lame-duck session before the next Congress sits in January, some economists find it unlikely.

Their comments came as lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol next week for Congress’ post-election lame duck session.

McConnell said this week that he would like to see new stimulus legislation pass before the end of the year, in Congress’s post-election lame-duck session.

Still, the city’s lame duck session is a familiar place for controversial topics.

Because of that, the only question for McConnell is whether it benefits Republicans most to fill the seat before the election or in a lame-duck session before the newly elected Congress takes over.

Their "lameness" and "ineptness" and "impotence" plainly arose from disinclination alone.

He weakly hoped that Jack would recover from his lameness, but all know how vain is such an expectation.