deadbeat
Having a damped needle that stops without oscillationHaving a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
» I'm not a deadbeat.
Значення
значень: 5(без ступенів порівняння)Having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
(без ступенів порівняння)Defaulting on one's debts.
(без ступенів порівняння)Defeated or exhausted.
(зневажливе, без ступенів порівняння)Lazy or irresponsible.
(без ступенів порівняння)Dead tired.
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Приклади
речень: 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.
Переклади
мов: 3За значеннями 1
Походження
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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