deadbeat
A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy…A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
» I'm not a deadbeat.
Meaning
3 senses(derogatory)A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
Faulpelz, Gammler, Schnorrer
тунеядецtunejadec, дармоедdarmojed
A person who defaults on debts.
(ironic, slang)A customer who pays their credit card or loan balance in full and on time each month, thereby incurring no interest charges. (Compare revolver, who carries a balance and pays interest.)
- someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
Examples
10 sentencesI'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.
Translations
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Origin
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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