deadbeat

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[ˈdɛdbiːt], (Noun)

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- an idle, feckless, or disreputable person
(e.g: a nation of deadbeats who must work harder)


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[ˈdɛdbiːt], (Adjective)

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- completely exhausted
(e.g: I must go to bed—I'm dead beat)

- (of a clock escapement or other mechanism) without recoil


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