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deadbeat
noun
informal derogatory
there's no room for deadbeats in the navy:
layabout, loafer, lounger, idler, waster, wastrel, good-for-nothing, parasite, useless article;
informal bum, scrounger, sponger, sponge, freeloader;
British, informal skiver, cadger.
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