defaulter, deadbeat
(noun) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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deadbeat (plural deadbeats)
(pejorative) A lazy and/or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
A person who defaults on debts.
• (lazy person): see idler
• (person who defaults on debts): shirker, welcher
deadbeat (not comparable)
(of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
defaulting on one's debts
defeated or exhausted
(pejorative) lazy or irresponsible
dead tired
Source: Wiktionary
Dead"beat`, a. (Physics)
Definition: 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. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
