1. deadbeat - Noun
2. deadbeat - Adjective
Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it's hard to keep track of them. Rod Blagojevich
I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground. Dominic West
My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents. J. R. Moehringer
Sydney Katherine Sage,” he said, his green eyes full of love and earnestness. "Would you do a brooding, deadbeat Moroi the honor of being his wife? Richelle Mead
Dillard replied, explaining, “referring to a man you’ve never met” as a deadbeat is “pathetic.” Source: Internet
The deadbeat escapement invented in 1675 by Richard Towneley and popularized by George Graham around 1715 in his precision "regulator" clocks gradually replaced the anchor escapement Milham 1945, p.181, 441 and is now used in most modern pendulum clocks. Source: Internet