Deadbeat

Deadbeat, deadbeats or dead-beat may refer to:
 * Deadbeat escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks
 * Dead-beat control, a problem in discrete control theory of finding an optimal input sequence that will bring the system output to a given setpoint in a finite number of time steps
 * Deadbeat parent, pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities
 * Dead Beat, a 1992 novel by Val McDermid
 * Dead Beat (The Dresden Files), a 2005 book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher

Film and television

 * Deadbeats, a 1977 film, starring Chris Mulkey
 * Dead Beat, a 1994 film based on the life of real-life serial killer Charles Schmid
 * Deadbeat (TV series), a 2014 Hulu original TV series
 * Deadbeat Films, a British film and TV production company

Music

 * Deadbeat, the stage name of Canadian electronica musician Scott Montieth
 * The Deadbeats, an art punk band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California
 * Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, an English rock band formed in 2009
 * Deadbeats, a record label launched by Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead
 * Deadbeat Club, a song by the B-52's from their 1989 album Cosmic Thing
 * "Dead-Beat", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from the 2011 EP Willoughby's Beach