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deadbeat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defaulter |
| Type of | debitor, debtor |
| Has types | deadbeat dad |
Examples of deadbeat
deadbeat
After reading Sunday's Herald, I'm thinking seriously about becoming a deadbeat.
From the bostonherald.com
Siddiqui's dozen or so workers on the deadbeat beat, however, are another breed.
From the latimes.com
So Yong Kim's new film features a bravura turn from Paul Dano as a deadbeat dad.
From the guardian.co.uk
Repeat this anywhere you hear about deadbeat dads, and see if anyone catches on.
From the newsfeed.time.com
Focus on the deadbeat dirtbags that can but won't do anything to help themselves.
From the ocregister.com
But in Japan deadbeat borrowers pay little more interest than the best credits.
From the economist.com
Life is so easy for these deadbeat cowards hiding behind our military protection.
From the economist.com
Enron's tumble from Wall Street darling to corporate deadbeat seemed precipitous.
From the chron.com
Sympathy has a short half-life, as any chronic deadbeat discovers in real life.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Defaulter: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- Deadbeat is the stage name of Scott Montieth, a Canadian electronica musician. Originally from Kitchener, Ontario, Montieth currently works and lives in Berlin.
- A lazy person; a person who defaults on his debts; having a damped needle that stops without oscillation; defaulting on one's debts; defeated or exhausted
- (The Deadbeats) At the top of the evolutionary ladder, the Deadbeats rule the school with a heavy dose of scare tactics and humiliation. It has four members.
- Bum, layabout, useless person.
- Is defined by Webster as "one who persistently fails to pay his debts or way." The word was coined in the late 1800's when railroad workers noticed that loaded freight cars made a different beat over the track-joints than cars that weren't carrying a load. ...
- A person who doesn't pay his debts or someone who doesn't work and is always asking for money.
- Banking jargon for someone who usually pays his or her balance in full every month. Surprisingly, 68 per cent of Canadians do pay their balances in full, according to a bankers' poll. The rest are what the banks call "revolvers." They're people who pay only part of their balance.
- A police officer hardwired into the chassis of a full-body prosthesis
