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Synonyms & Antonyms for deadbeat
Synonyms: Noun
couch potato, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard
Antonyms: Noun
doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter
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Examples of deadbeat in a Sentence
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His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats. He was accused of being a deadbeat.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Background checks are performed on borrowers and their businesses to weed out the litigious and deadbeats. — Los Angeles Times, "How the rich get spending money: Locking fine art in storage and borrowing against it," 1 Aug. 2019 Rosneft head Igor Sechin reportedly flew to Caracas last week to dress down dictator Nicolás Maduro and the deadbeats at PdVSA. — Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, "Russia’s Latin American Offensive," 2 Dec. 2018 But heroin is a drug for deadbeats and rebels and outliers. — Hayley Krischer, Marie Claire, "How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms," 20 Aug. 2018 The personas do verge on typecasting — Jon Hamm is the dashing insurance man Bob; Jake Johnson, the deadbeat stoner Chilli; Hannibal Buress, the laconic weirdo Sable. — Katie Walsh, latimes.com, "Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Isla Fisher deliver summer fun in comedy romp 'Tag'," 14 June 2018 The deeply moralistic accusation: Drake was a deadbeat. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Drake Can’t Pull Off Being the ‘Good Guy’," 5 July 2018 Jake Johnson as a wry, deadbeat Peter Parker is inspired. — Joshua Rivera, GQ, "This Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer Is Tens, Tens, Tens Across the Board," 6 June 2018 In court hearings, Watergate’s lawyers and management have portrayed Tian as a deadbeat who failed to pay more than $35,000 in co-op fees and who berated building staff and violated the rules of their community. — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, "A legal dispute with a view, at a famous DC address," 3 May 2018 Alaska's government is earning a reputation as a deadbeat, pleading poverty while flirting with doubled dividends and half-baked development schemes. — Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska is a deadbeat state that still spends on shiny new things," 28 Mar. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
What’s the biggest misconception about Black fathers The biggest misconception about Black fathers is that most of us are inactive and uninterested in raising our children, or just straight up deadbeat dads. — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, "How This Black Man Is Changing The Narrative Of Fatherhood One Positive Image At A Time," 13 June 2019 Lawrence stars as a teenage girl eking out a hardscrabble existence in the Ozarks while searching for her missing deadbeat father. — Emma Dibdin And Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "16 Amazon Prime Video Movies to Stream on Your Next Lazy Night In," 21 May 2019 According to a 2016 BuzzFeed article, Dee Dee told doctors and friends that Rod was a deadbeat drug addict who abandoned his daughter, which wasn't true. — Alexis Jones, Marie Claire, "Who Is Rod Blanchard, Father to Gypsy Rose Blanchard of Hulu's 'The Act'?," 21 Mar. 2019 Waitress follows Jenna's bumpy journey as a small town waitress with big dreams of entering a pie-making contest in order to leave her deadbeat husband, Earl. — Sarah Grace Hart, Teen Vogue, "Broadway's "Waitress" Casts Nicolette Robinson in the Lead Role of Jenna," 26 July 2018 Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito. — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018 Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito. — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018 Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito. — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018 Needless to say, the itinerary will feature a brief sojourn at the home of the deadbeat dad (Bobby Cannavale), conveniently located in the pretty Bay Area town of Sausalito. — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "‘Boundaries’: Pot-dealing Christopher Plummer plus adorable dogs equals fun road movie," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deadbeat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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