On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Deadbeat. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as defaulter or debtor and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Deadbeat meaning
- 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.
Using Deadbeat
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: defaulter, debtor, debitor.
- In the example corpus, deadbeat often appears in combinations such as: deadbeat nation, of deadbeat, deadbeat father.
Context around Deadbeat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deadbeat
- In this selection, "deadbeat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, largest, wife, dem, nation, father and civil stand out and add context to how "deadbeat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dem deadbeat civil servants and good wife deadbeat and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deadbeat" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deadbeat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
America is not a deadbeat nation. (6 words)
From one real Deadbeat to another. (6 words)
Still beats getting saddled with a deadbeat or used car salesman. (11 words)
For a man like my father, there are fates worse than death, and one of those was being treated like a deadbeat because the people who were supposed to cover him in such a circumstance refused to do so. (39 words)
Jeff was actually born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen (per ), but his father was a deadbeat dad and his mother (who became pregnant at age 16) remarried Miguel Bezos in 1968. (29 words)
Biggs’ many television credits include “Orange is the New Black,” “Outmatched,” “The Good Wife,” “Deadbeat” and the voice of Leonardo in Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” series. (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
America is not a deadbeat nation.
For a man like my father, there are fates worse than death, and one of those was being treated like a deadbeat because the people who were supposed to cover him in such a circumstance refused to do so.
It may just be that the debt monster plaguing the world’s largest deadbeat nation may be the proverbial chickens coming home to roost.
Biggs’ many television credits include “Orange is the New Black,” “Outmatched,” “The Good Wife,” “Deadbeat” and the voice of Leonardo in Nickelodeon’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” series.
Dem deadbeat civil servants had an opportunity to rebell when the greedy bill was talked about by Kishma Penn and Cindy Rosan.
The audience will be introduced to the inhabitants of Deadbeat Avenue, where they will tell their stories of perseverance, courage and hope.
Trump has already threatened press freedoms and promises to free the government of thousands of deadbeat employees, judges and programs.
Jeff was actually born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen (per ), but his father was a deadbeat dad and his mother (who became pregnant at age 16) remarried Miguel Bezos in 1968.
Still beats getting saddled with a deadbeat or used car salesman.
From one real Deadbeat to another.
In “8 Out Of 10”, he raps: “The only deadbeats is whatever beats I been rappin’ to,” a response to suggestions he’s a deadbeat father.
One school district is using a new tactic to get deadbeat parents to settle their kids’ lunch bills: reporting them to debt collectors.
The next play, “Deadbeat,” written, composed, and co-directed by sophomore Noah Hammes (in collaboration with first-year Daniel Jersey), was an absolute tonal shift.
He has a tense relationship with his parents, particularly his deadbeat father (McDonald).
Common combinations with deadbeat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- deadbeat nation 2×
- of deadbeat 2×
- deadbeat father 2×