Usually means: Father neglects financial, emotional responsibilities.
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  1. deadbeat dad: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadbeat dad: Vocabulary.com
  3. deadbeat dad: Wiktionary
  4. deadbeat dad: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. deadbeat dad: Dictionary.com
  6. Deadbeat dad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. deadbeat dad: Rhymezone
  8. deadbeat dad: FreeDictionary.org
  9. deadbeat dad: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. deadbeat dad: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deadbeat dad)

noun:  (chiefly US and Canada, idiomatic, derogatory) A man, especially one who is divorced or estranged from his partner, who fails to provide monetary child support when he is legally required to do so.
noun:  (by extension, idiomatic, derogatory, informal) A man who is voluntarily absent and uncaring towards his children, especially one who leaves them entirely in their mother's care.

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