1. [N. Amer, informal] Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
   "The credit card company pursued the deadbeat for unpaid bills";
   - defaulter
    
2. Person who does no work
   "a lazy deadbeat";
   - idler, loafer, do-nothing [informal], layabout [informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], slacker [informal], shirker [informal]

1. Extremely exhausted
   "After working a double shift, she felt completely deadbeat";
   - knackered [Brit, informal], drained, zonked [informal], shagged [Brit, informal], zonked out [informal], shagged out [Brit, informal], stonkered [Brit, Austral, NZ, informal], shattered [Brit, informal], exhausted, dog-tired [informal], fagged [Brit, informal], fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out, gone, shot [informal], pooped [N. Amer, informal], fried [N. Amer, informal], run-down

Derived forms: deadbeats

See also: tired

Type of: debitor, debtor, nonworker

Encyclopedia: Deadbeat