deadbeat

Meanings

Plural: deadbeats

Noun

• someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
• A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
• A person who defaults on debts.

Adj

• Having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
• Defaulting on one's debts.
• Defeated or exhausted.
• Lazy or irresponsible.
• Dead tired.

Synonyms

defaulter, idler, shirker, welcher