deadbeat
dead·beat [ ˈded-ˌbēt]
[ˈded-ˌbēt]
2 : one who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses
: having a pointer that gives a reading with little or no oscillation
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Noun
- couch potato,
- do-nothing,
- drone,
- idler,
- layabout,
- lazybones,
- loafer,
- lotus-eater,
- slouch,
- slug,
- slugabed,
- sluggard
Synonyms: Antonyms:noun
Recent Examples on the Web
//Background checks are performed on borrowers and their businesses to weed out the litigious and deadbeats.
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Los Angeles Times, "How the rich get spending money: Locking fine art in storage and borrowing against it," 1 Aug. 2019
//Rosneft head Igor Sechin reportedly flew to Caracas last week to dress down dictator Nicolás Maduro and the deadbeats at PdVSA.
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Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, "Russia’s Latin American Offensive," 2 Dec. 2018
//But heroin is a drug for deadbeats and rebels and outliers.
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Hayley Krischer, Marie Claire, "How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms," 20 Aug. 2018
//The personas do verge on typecasting — Jon Hamm is the dashing insurance man Bob; Jake Johnson, the deadbeat stoner Chilli; Hannibal Buress, the laconic weirdo Sable.
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Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Isla Fisher deliver summer fun in comedy romp 'Tag'," 14 June 2018
//The deeply moralistic accusation: Drake was a deadbeat.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Drake Can’t Pull Off Being the ‘Good Guy’," 5 July 2018
//Jake Johnson as a wry, deadbeat Peter Parker is inspired.
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Joshua Rivera, GQ, "This Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer Is Tens, Tens, Tens Across the Board," 6 June 2018
//In court hearings, Watergate’s lawyers and management have portrayed Tian as a deadbeat who failed to pay more than $35,000 in co-op fees and who berated building staff and violated the rules of their community.
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Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, "A legal dispute with a view, at a famous DC address," 3 May 2018
//Alaska's government is earning a reputation as a deadbeat, pleading poverty while flirting with doubled dividends and half-baked development schemes.
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Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska is a deadbeat state that still spends on shiny new things," 28 Mar. 2018
//What’s the biggest misconception about Black fathers The biggest misconception about Black fathers is that most of us are inactive and uninterested in raising our children, or just straight up deadbeat dads.
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Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, "How This Black Man Is Changing The Narrative Of Fatherhood One Positive Image At A Time," 13 June 2019
//Lawrence stars as a teenage girl eking out a hardscrabble existence in the Ozarks while searching for her missing deadbeat father.
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Emma Dibdin And Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "16 Amazon Prime Video Movies to Stream on Your Next Lazy Night In," 21 May 2019
//According to a 2016 BuzzFeed article, Dee Dee told doctors and friends that Rod was a deadbeat drug addict who abandoned his daughter, which wasn't true.
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Alexis Jones, Marie Claire, "Who Is Rod Blanchard, Father to Gypsy Rose Blanchard of Hulu's 'The Act'?," 21 Mar. 2019
//Waitress follows Jenna's bumpy journey as a small town waitress with big dreams of entering a pie-making contest in order to leave her deadbeat husband, Earl.
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Sarah Grace Hart, Teen Vogue, "Broadway's "Waitress" Casts Nicolette Robinson in the Lead Role of Jenna," 26 July 2018
//Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito.
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Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018
//Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito.
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Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018
//Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito.
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Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018
//Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito.
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Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018
First Known Use of deadbeat
Noun
1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
circa 1864, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries near deadbeat
Phrases Related to deadbeat
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofdeadbeat
a lazy person
- he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up
- couch potato,
- do-nothing,
- drone,
- idler,
- layabout,
- lazybones,
- loafer,
- lotus-eater,
- slouch,
- slug,
- slugabed,
- sluggard
More Definitions fordeadbeat
disapproving
: a lazy person : a person who does not work
chiefly US : a person who does not pay money that is owed