Definitions

dead-beat

ADJECTIVE

fatigued

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exhausted listless weary

STRONG

beat bedraggled bushed dropping enervated overtired prostrate spent tuckered wasted worn

WEAK

all in blasé burned out dead dead tired dog-tired dog-weary done in droopy fagged out jaded languid languorous lassitudinous out of gas played-out pooped ready to drop washed out worn-out zonked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energetic fresh lively untired

STRONG

invigorated unused

WEAK

alert energized keen refreshed vivacious

Example Sentences

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How woefully The Post covers necrology news, the dead beat.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

He added in another message: “I am not a dead beat I do not get any disability.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2017

By the world's standards he is a rich dead beat who has never done a lick of work in his 36 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in retail trade a creditor has no recourse against a dead beat except to sue.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time I got back I was dead beat.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson