dead beat
Never pays back
Dead beat describes someone completely exhausted, worn out from exertion: I'm dead beat after that hike.
The two-word form is the original adjective.
As one word, deadbeat shifts meaning to a person who avoids paying debts or fulfilling obligations: a deadbeat dad who doesn't pay child support.
Lacking energy, needing rest
- worn outDepleted through overuse
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- drainedEmptied of resources
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
fatigued · weary · sapped · burnt out · wiped out · exhausted · knackered · shattered
One exploiting others' generosity
slacker · shirker · defaulter · debtor · delinquent · layabout · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well
tired
Lacking energy, needing rest
depleted · fatigued · weary · sapped · burnt out · wiped out · exhausted · knackered · shattered · bushed
freeloader
One exploiting others' generosity
bum · slacker · shirker · defaulter · debtor · delinquent · layabout · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well · parasite
- exhaustion phrasesworn out, wiped out, burned out, run down, tuckered out
dead beatcreditworthy
Fit for loans
solvent · bill payer · breadwinner · paid-up · man of means
dead beathard worker
Industrious, dedicated person
go-getter · hustler · self-starter · high achiever · workaholic
dead beatpillar of the community
Respected local leader
man of his word · solid citizen · straight arrow · good egg · stand-up guy
dead, beat, deader, deadest, deadly, deadness, deaden, deadened, deadening