as in slug
a lazy person
he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up
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Recent Examples of deadbeat
Madsen starred in the two-parter's second entry as Budd, now a deadbeat bouncer living in a trailer.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025
The Housing Court system allows deadbeat tenants to live rent-free for months, sometimes years, while waiting to resolve rent disputes.
—Alva Badillo, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Meanwhile, Devon is trying to find her deadbeat sometimes lover and friend, Ray, but can’t track him down.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 May 2025
More troubling was being lumped in with Trump’s growing list of deadbeats, criminals and other miscreants.
—Ian Cooper, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025
The Housing Court system allows deadbeat tenants to live rent-free for months, sometimes years, while waiting to resolve rent disputes.
—Alva Badillo, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
Meanwhile, Devon is trying to find her deadbeat sometimes lover and friend, Ray, but can’t track him down.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 May 2025
More troubling was being lumped in with Trump’s growing list of deadbeats, criminals and other miscreants.
—Ian Cooper, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadbeat
Noun
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California has 42 official state symbols after Governor Newsom signed three bills to create new symbols in 2024, including the Dungeness crab as the state crustacean, the banana slug as the state slug, and the black abalone as the state seashell.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Some swimming snails have lost their protective shells (more like swimming slugs), while others retain them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The alliance’s new Operation Baltic Sentry, a standing force including frigates, patrol aircraft, drones and other assets largely for protecting seabed infrastructure, is a good beginning, but not enough.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Temporary flight restrictions are active in the area, barring drones and other aircraft from interfering with the helicopters.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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CosRx’s bestselling snail mucin sheet masks are perfect for those in need of a dose of hydration.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The gastropods, which are similar to snails, are generally more plentiful on the beaches.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bill got his second deer, and hurt his bum knee while packing out the animal.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The revolution is in tatters, and DiCaprio’s Bob, once a celebrity rebel, is now a benignly useless substance-using layabout who tries, in his shambling way, to take care of his and Perfidia’s daughter, Willa (played with a no-nonsense radiance by Chase Infiniti).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Sep. 2025
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Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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More of a sneaker-dress shoe combination than the sneaker loafer looks that have been dominating the trend cycle, the Air Max RK61 is a first-of-its-kind model that will debut with the Air Afrique collaboration.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Tassel Loafer Classic loafers remain a fashion-girl favorite for fall.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Deadbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadbeat. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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