delinquent

adj.

1. Failing to do what law or duty requires.
2. Overdue in payment: a delinquent account.

n.

1. A juvenile delinquent.
2. A person who neglects or fails to do what law or duty requires.

[Latin dēlinquēns, dēlinquent-, present participle of dēlinquere, to offend : dē-, de- + linquere, to leave, abandon.]

delinquently de·lin'quent·ly adv.

A term describing the failure to meet required obligations according to schedule.

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Payable but overdue and unpaid. See also Deadbeat; Default.

Past due. The state of having an unpaid amount after the due date and any grace period afforded has passed. Normally, delinquency occurs before a Default is declared.
Example: A Mortgage with payments past due for more than 10 days is considered delinquent.

adj

Definition: criminal
Antonyms: dutiful

adj

Definition: irresponsible, defaulting
Antonyms: behaving, careful, responsible

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(deling′kwent)
n

Pertaining to a debt or claim that is due and unpaid at the time due.

In a monetary context, something which has been made payable and is overdue and unpaid; implies a previous opportunity to make payment. With reference to persons, implies carelessness, recklessness. See also juvenile delinquent.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - småkriminel, i restance, forsømmelig
n. - lovovertræder, delinkvent

Nederlands (Dutch)
delinquent (wetsovertreder), misdadig

Français (French)
adj. - délinquant, (US, Fin) défaillant, arriéré, impayé, échu
n. - délinquant, (fig) coupable, fautif

Deutsch (German)
n. - Delinquent, Krimineller
adj. - kriminell, verbrecherisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανήλικος εγκληματίας, παραβάτης, παραπτωματίας
adj. - παραβάτης, παράσπονδος, (οικον.) εκπρόθεσμος, υπερήμερος

Italiano (Italian)
delinquente, criminale, in mora, insolvente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - delinqüente
adj. - delinqüente

Русский (Russian)
правонарушитель

Español (Spanish)
adj. - delictivo, vencido
n. - delincuente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brottsling, skyldig person
adj. - brottslig, förfallen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
怠忽的, 有过失的, 行为不良的人, 流氓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 怠忽的, 有過失的
n. - 行為不良的人, 流氓

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 근무 태만의, 지불 기간을 넘기는, 비행 소년의
n. - 근무 태만자, 범죄인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 法律違反者, 非行少年
adj. - 非行に走った, 怠る, 怠慢な, 滞納された

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشاب الجانح ( المنتهك للقانون) (صفه) جانح, منتهك للقانون, مقصر, مستحق ولم يدفع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עבריין, משתמט ממילוי חובה, שלא שולם (חשבון), קשור לעבריינים או לעבריינות‬
n. - ‮עבריין, משתמט ממילוי חובה‬

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