delinquent
IPA: dɪɫˈɪŋkwʌnt
noun
- One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
- A person who has not paid their debts.
- (historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
adjective
- Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
- Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
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Examples of "delinquent" in Sentences
- It tells the story of a gang of juvenile delinquents.
- He is considered as a delinquent teacher by the students.
- The comedy centers on the mother of three delinquent boys.
- His estate was sequestrated in 1645 as a papist delinquent.
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