Delinquent

noun

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/

Word Frequency: 2.8

Definitions

1.nounOne who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.

2.nounA person who has not paid his or her debts.

3.nounA term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642-1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

4.adjectiveLate or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

"Fred is delinquent in making his car payment."

5.adjectiveFailing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

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