deadbeat
Example Sentences
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I look over his shoulder, scanning for any of the deadbeat “friends” he left us for.
From Literature
The fish-out-of-water comedy show followed the wealthy Rose family as they abruptly lose their money and mansion, and are forced to move into a shabby motel in a deadbeat town they bought as a joke.
From BBC
Yes, many more deadbeats, and even the public housing authority is pleading for relief.
Perhaps that’s because state and city laws make it difficult to evict deadbeats.
He alienated many in his own profession, calling many fellow academics "dinosaurs", "deadbeats", "fossils" and "has-beens" in his autobiography, Avoid Boring People.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
