delinquent
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delinquent
- /dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.
adjective more delinquent · most delinquent
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Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.
Similar: defaulting
- Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled. The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.
- Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
noun delinquents
- One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes. She had the consolation of knowing that any offence given to her dignity could be avenged on the delinquent who caused it, an act of justice which could not fail to be consolatory, since every one of her daughters had at times stood in stead of "guid King James's whipping-boy," when circumstances ar
- A person who has not paid their debts.
- A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
Similar: cavalier
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: juvenile delinquent, guilty, derelict, overdue, neglectful, remiss, negligent, incorrigible, owed, due, criminal, offender, illegal, lawbreaking, unlawful, adverse
noun
Similar: cavalier
Translations
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adj late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation
| Español | moroso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | säumig, rückständig |
| Română | întârziat, neachitat, neplătit |
| Русский | уклоня́ющийся от упла́ты uklonjájuščijsja ot upláty |
adj Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation
| Español | delincuente, delictivo, delictuoso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | straffällig, pflichtvernachlässigend, pflichtversäumend |
| עברית | פושעני, חורג, חורג מהחוק, פורע־חוק |
noun one who breaks the law
| Español | delincuente, pishtaco |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 非行者 hikōsha, 下手人 geshunin |
| 中文 | 犯法者 fànfǎzhě |
| Português | delinquente |
| Français | délinquant |
| Deutsch | Delinquent, Krimineller, Straffälliger |
| Italiano | delinquente |
| Ελληνικά | παραβατικός paravatikós |
| Română | delincvent |
| Русский | правонаруши́тель pravonarušítelʹ, правонаруши́тельница pravonarušítelʹnica |
| עברית | פורע־חוק |
Talk about this word "delinquent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/delinquent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. delinquent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/delinquent "delinquent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/delinquent.Cite this
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title = {delinquent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delinquent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
