deadbeat vs lame duck

deadbeat

noun
  • 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. 

adj
  • defaulting on one's debts 

  • having a damped needle that stops without oscillation 

  • lazy or irresponsible 

  • defeated or exhausted 

  • dead tired 

lame duck

noun
  • A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled. 

  • An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. 

How often have the words deadbeat and lame duck occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )