Deadbeat (noun)

  1. A person who habitually fails to pay their debts or fulfill their financial obligations.
  2. A person who avoids work or responsibility.

Origin:

From early 20th century, from dead (sense 2 of the adjective) + beat.

Examples:

  1. He was a deadbeat who never paid his rent on time.
  2. She was tired of dating deadbeats who never held down a job.
  3. The deadbeat father had never paid a dime in child support.
  4. The company was struggling because of a deadbeat client who never paid their bills.
  5. The landlord evicted the deadbeat tenant who never paid their rent.
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