white elephant (n.)

• award
• box
• burden
• burthen
• cargo
• charge
• cross
• cumbrance
• difficulty
• disadvantage
• embarrassment
• encumbrance
• freight
• gift
• hamper
• handicap
• impediment
• impedimenta
• imposition
• inconvenience
• load
• lumber
• oblation
• offering
• onus
• pack
• penalty
• present
• presentation
• tribute
• trouble
• weight