deadbeat
n. countable C1 Advanced US //ˈdɛdˌbit// UK //dˈɛdbiːt// dead·beat
n. a person who does not pay their bills or debts. It is a rude word for someone who is lazy and always in trouble with the law.
n. a person who habitually fails to pay debts or bills; a lazy, irresponsible person.
He is a deadbeat who never pays his rent on time.
The landlord threatened to call the police after the deadbeat refused to leave the apartment or pay the overdue bills.
From dead + beat. As an adjective, of a person, to be exhausted, first use appears c. the 1820s. During the American Civil War, it also became a derogatory adjective, in the sense of "a person that defaults on their debts or avoids responsibilities" and "sponger", "vagabond". This sense dates from c. 1863. Possibly related to good for nothing.