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   dead·beat

   /ˈdedˌbēt/

   noun

   • 1. an idle, feckless, or disreputable person: informal, derogatory "a nation of deadbeats who must work harder"
   • ▪ a person who tries to evade paying their debts: informal, derogatory "threatening a deadbeat to get him to pay up"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a clock escapement or other mechanism) without recoil.

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