delinquent.
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
Meaning & usage
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.
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
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
A person who has not paid their debts.
A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.
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