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Word: delinquent (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
  • Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

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Noun:

  • obsolete a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.
  • One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.

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