deadbeat
Having a damped needle that stops without oscillationHaving a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
» I'm not a deadbeat.
Значение
значений: 5(без степеней сравнения)Having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
(без степеней сравнения)Defaulting on one's debts.
(без степеней сравнения)Defeated or exhausted.
(пренебрежительное, без степеней сравнения)Lazy or irresponsible.
(без степеней сравнения)Dead tired.
fix und fertig, völlig erschöpft
Примеры
предложений: 10I'm not a deadbeat.
Tom is a notorious deadbeat.
Poor Tom, stuck with such a deadbeat for a father.
Why would she go out of her way to help a deadbeat like you?
Tom is a deadbeat.
Переводы
языков: 3По значениям 1
Происхождение
From dead + beat. As an adjective, of a person, to be exhausted, first use appears c. theFrom dead + beat. As an adjective, of a person, to be exhausted, first use appears c. the 1820s. During the American Civil War, it also became a derogatory adjective, in the sense of "a person that defaults on their debts or avoids responsibilities" and "sponger", "vagabond". This sense dates from c. 1863. Possibly related to good for nothing.
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