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Tardiness vs Deadbeat - What's the difference?

tardiness | deadbeat |

As nouns the difference between tardiness and deadbeat

is that tardiness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being tardy while deadbeat is a lazy person.

As an adjective deadbeat is

(of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.

tardiness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
  • (countable) The result or product of being tardy.

    • Synonyms

    * lateness

    Antonyms

    * punctuality

    deadbeat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a lazy person
  • a person who defaults on his debts

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
  • defaulting on one's debts
  • defeated or exhausted
    • English pejoratives