deadbeat
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈdɛdˌbit/
- Offensive
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- Many people avoid socializing with him since he's a deadbeat who shirks all responsibilities.
- a deadbeat dad
- a deadbeat on welfare
- chase down deadbeats
He is a terrible deadbeat dad does not take care of his kids.
- He is a terrible deadbeat dad does not take care of his kids.
- If my, if I loan money to my cousin and the guy's a complete deadbeat, that's a lot of counterparty risk.
- But if I come home and I'm a lazy deadbeat dad, I will raise a bunch of lazy deadbeat children or angry children or both.
- However, if you could subtract social media, television, deadbeat friends and family members.
- What sort of jobs to be getting a lot of deadbeat list.
- You said you had the surgery because your kids, you didn't want to be a quote, deadbeat dead in real life.
- You know, like I'm some kind of, you know, like I'm like a deadbeat dad, you know, like I'm some kind of deadbeat dessert dad.
- I'm in no way saying just be pouring into and catering to some deadbeat man or some no good dude or whatever the case may be.
- It's I just posted today I had It's like when a deadbeat dad their kid becomes famous and they come out of the woodwork that happened with Peaches.
Examples
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I might've known I couldn't collect from you deadbeats, anyway.
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I have been on welfare, but I am no deadbeat... never was.
Blog text (15) -
He is a terrible deadbeat dad does not take care of his kids.
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Now I understand, have I seen men be a deadbeat father to one set of kids and then want to be a good father to another?
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But if I come home and I'm a lazy deadbeat dad, I will raise a bunch of lazy deadbeat children or angry children or both.
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Why encourage a deadbeat to continue being a deadbeat by doling out what really amounts to gifts?
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How much do you think of this issue has to do with deadbeat dads or no dads at all?
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Last time I heard of creditors trying to collect from deadbeats, they lost big time.
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He is known as a deadbeat because he never pays back his loans.
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She called him a deadbeat for neglecting to support his family financially.
Synonyms
16
6.8
Not paying money owed after the due date
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7.1
A person who fails to pay money they owe
Antonyms
Compounds
How Irresponsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deadbeat joins dead and beat, where beat means 'very tired', like when you say 'I'm beat', and dead means 'completely'. So a deadbeat came to be someone who does nothing or avoids work and paying money they owe, and today it means a person who fails to pay debts or take responsibility.