delinquent
adjective/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
- (especially of young people or their behaviour) tending to commit crimes
- delinquent teenagers
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- (North American English, finance) having failed to pay money that is owed
- a delinquent borrower
- (North American English, finance) (of a sum of money) not having been paid in time
- a delinquent loan
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin delinquent- ‘offending’, from the verb delinquere, from de- ‘away’ + linquere ‘to leave’.
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