dead-beat

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Point three is-some odd conflation between leaving people alone in their private lives and dead-beat dads.

From Time • Jan. 29, 2013

But on a rainy evening of "dead-beat, hungover idleness", he was seized with the idea of walking across Europe to the gates of Asia.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

Instead of hating her for the transgression, what about feeling sorry for her that she can’t do any better than a dead-beat dad with anger issues?!

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2012

Would you buy bonds from a dead-beat that stiffed investors out of more than $800 million just 18 months ago?

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew well that she was all but dead-beat, and that she only laughed lest she might weep, or faint again.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John