deadbeatとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛdbiːt/

名詞

deadbeat (複数形 deadbeats)

1. (derogatory) A lazy and/or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
   • 2016 Eric Andrew-Gee Why and how Ontarians change their names in the 21st century The Globe and Mail

     With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats.

2. A person who defaults on debts.

関連する語

• fraudster

同意語

• (lazy person): see Thesaurus:idler
• (person who defaults on debts): shirker, welcher

形容詞

deadbeat (not comparable)

1. (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
2. defaulting on one's debts
3. defeated or exhausted
4. (derogatory) lazy or irresponsible
5. dead tired