different between damped vs deadbeat

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmpt

Verb

damped

1. simple past tense and past participle of damp

Adjective

damped (comparative more damped, superlative most damped)

1. (of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
2. (physics, of a linear dynamic system) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.

Antonyms

• (Possessing a nonzero damping ratio): undamped

Translations

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?dbi?t/

Noun

deadbeat (plural deadbeats)

1. (derogatory) A lazy and/or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
   • 2016 Eric Andrew-Gee Why and how Ontarians change their names in the 21st century The Globe and Mail

     With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats.

2. A person who defaults on debts.

Related terms

• fraudster

Synonyms

• (lazy person): see Thesaurus:idler
• (person who defaults on debts): shirker, welcher

Translations

Adjective

deadbeat (not comparable)

1. (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
2. defaulting on one's debts
3. defeated or exhausted
4. (derogatory) lazy or irresponsible
5. dead tired

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