Deadbeat
(noun)
- A person who habitually fails to pay their debts or fulfill their financial obligations.
- A person who avoids work or responsibility.
Origin:
From early 20th century, from dead (sense 2 of the adjective) + beat.
Examples:
- He was a deadbeat who never paid his rent on time.
- She was tired of dating deadbeats who never held down a job.
- The deadbeat father had never paid a dime in child support.
- The company was struggling because of a deadbeat client who never paid their bills.
- The landlord evicted the deadbeat tenant who never paid their rent.