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White Elephant

nounid 157371·updated May 18, 2026
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a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

polysemousMWE

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
White Elephants
possessive
White Elephant's
pluralpossessive
White Elephants'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
albinic Indian elephant
§2
a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

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