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单词 deadbeats
释义

deadbeat

1 of 2

noun

dead·​beat ˈded-ˌbēt How to pronounce deadbeat (audio)
1
: loafer
2
: one who persistently fails to pay personal debts or expenses

deadbeat

2 of 2

adjective

: having a pointer that gives a reading with little or no oscillation

Synonyms

Noun

  • couch potato
  • do-nothing
  • drone
  • idler
  • layabout
  • lazybones
  • loafer
  • lotus-eater
  • slouch
  • slug
  • slugabed
  • sluggard
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Example Sentences

Noun His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats. He was accused of being a deadbeat.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Charlie himself is a little harder to convince, considering his dad too much of a deadbeat to have such a cool shadow life. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022 Freddy's way out involves a teen girl (Storm Reid), a shady social worker (Travis Fimmel) and his own deadbeat dad (Bacon) in a solidly claustrophobic action thriller. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Her mom's a deadbeat on the mainland, which means Anne Marie is the only thing keeping little sis Penny (Mika Boorem) out of trouble. Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life. Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022 Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life. Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life. Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Her choice to martyr herself to a husband who sounds like a selfish deadbeat must seem puzzling to you, but your role here is not to fix her life. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022
Adjective
One week, the spotlight is on Woon-A-Tai as Bear, whose search for a positive male role model leads him to comic interactions with an amiably uninspiring spirit guide or to sadly pin his hopes on his hilariously deadbeat father. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2022 And coming off a deadbeat response to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, Manfred should not be looking for any more rakes to step on. Anthony Witrado, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 Funding for everything, then there’ll be no more deadbeat dads. Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021 Adding to the complexity was his eagerness to avoid the archetype of a deadbeat Black father. Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021 The pace and tone varies over the show’s short run, but the seemingly deadbeat characters are always charming and three-dimensional. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020 Now, however, after a trip with Duke to their deadbeat dad’s, Frankie’s back, hugging Sam like a little kid. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020 Flowers gave Brucie, a deadbeat dad, levels of humanity beyond his ne’er-do-well appearance. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019 If the pressure to come up with liquidity forces Chandra to cede control of his TV empire, then the new owner will have the deadbeat infrastructure financier IL&FS to thank. Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

circa 1864, in the meaning defined above

deadbeats

noun

plural of deadbeat
as in layabouts
a lazy person he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • layabouts
  • slugs
  • snails
  • sluggards
  • idlers
  • loafers
  • bums
  • drones
  • slouches
  • lazybones
  • delayers
  • shirkers
  • couch potatoes
  • slugabeds
  • stragglers
  • lotus-eaters
  • laggards
  • lingerers
  • good-for-nothings
  • dawdlers
  • crawlers
  • do-nothings
  • slowpokes
  • loiterers
  • creepers
  • slackers
  • goldbricks
  • procrastinators
  • putterers
  • stick-in-the-muds
  • malingerers
  • saunterers
  • lollers
  • ne'er-do-wells
  • clock-watchers
  • dalliers
  • dropouts
  • quitters
  • loungers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hustlers
  • doers
  • achievers
  • comers
  • hummers
  • go-getters
  • highflyers
  • highfliers
  • powerhouses
  • self-starters
  • go-aheads
  • live wires
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