dead-beat

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Point three is-some odd conflation between leaving people alone in their private lives and dead-beat dads.

From Time • Jan. 29, 2013

But on a rainy evening of "dead-beat, hungover idleness", he was seized with the idea of walking across Europe to the gates of Asia.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

Instead of hating her for the transgression, what about feeling sorry for her that she can’t do any better than a dead-beat dad with anger issues?!

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2012

Would you buy bonds from a dead-beat that stiffed investors out of more than $800 million just 18 months ago?

From Time Magazine Archive

But the partnership was working better than anybody had expected, and people began to wonder whether, after all, Michael had done so badly for himself with his brace of dead-beat mates.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah