deadbeat
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He laughed when I asked whether the U.S. could become a deadbeat borrower or release tainted data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Shortly before Potter was sacked last year she liked a tweet which called the Englishman a "deadbeat" manager who "doesn't know what he is doing".
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
Some critics say that the relationship between the couple is portrayed as too loving but Scorsese never pretends to hide the motivations that drive a deadbeat, grifter like Ernest.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
Clara, a housewife stuck in a deadbeat marriage, understands the feeling all too well.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
“She doesn’t care about you or your mother. She only cares about saving that deadbeat father.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Perhaps that’s because state and city laws make it difficult to evict deadbeats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
He alienated many in his own profession, calling many fellow academics "dinosaurs", "deadbeats", "fossils" and "has-beens" in his autobiography, Avoid Boring People.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Because he cares more than us deadbeats he has swept up all of the garbage!
From Salon ● May 23, 2022
“Like deadbeats dodging bill collectors, as a nation, we keep dodging responsibility for what has transpired, what was perpetrated, and that from which we have benefited,” Dorgan writes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2020
I was down to a day and a half a week when Valencia called a mover to cart a load of furniture to an apartment she'd rented for one of the deadbeats.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
