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delinquent

[ dih-ling-kwuhnt ]

adjective

  1. failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
  2. (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
  3. of or relating to delinquents or delinquency:

    delinquent attitudes.



noun

  1. a person who is delinquent.

delinquent

/ ɪˈɪŋəԳ /

noun

  1. someone, esp a young person, guilty of delinquency See juvenile delinquent
  2. archaic.
    a person who fails in an obligation or duty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. guilty of an offence or misdeed, esp one of a minor nature
  2. failing in or neglectful of duty or obligation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱܱԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·qܱԳ· adverb
  • ԴDzd·qܱԳ adjective
  • d·qܱԳ adjective
  • pre·qܱԳ· adverb
  • ܲd·qܱԳ adjective
  • un·qܱԳ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of delinquent1

1475–85; < Latin ŧԱܱԳ-; delinquency
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of delinquent1

C17: from Latin ŧԱŧԲ offending; see delinquency
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That other charity, the Arcadia Firefighters Foundation, is in “delinquent status” with the state attorney general’s office and also barred from accepting donations due to lapsed registration, according to publicly available filings.

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He became a juvenile delinquent, arrested and jailed at 17 for car theft.

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According to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report, roughly 3.6% of debt was delinquent in the fourth quarter of 2024, with total household debt rising to a record $18 trillion.

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The median amount of delinquent debt was approximately $11,500.

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In the first nine months of the year, credit card lenders wrote off a whopping $46 billion in delinquent loan balances.

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