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DELINQUENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does delinquent mean?
• DELINQUENT (noun)
The noun DELINQUENT has 1 sense:
1. a young offender
Familiarity information: DELINQUENT used as a noun is very rare.
• DELINQUENT (adjective)
The adjective DELINQUENT has 3 senses:
1. guilty of a misdeed
2. failing in what duty requires
3. past due; not paid at the scheduled time
Familiarity information: DELINQUENT used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young offender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
delinquent; juvenile delinquent
Hypernyms ("delinquent" is a kind of...):
offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
Derivation:
delinquent (guilty of a misdeed)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Guilty of a misdeed
Context example:
delinquent minors
Similar:
guilty (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)
Derivation:
delinquency (a tendency to be negligent and uncaring)
delinquent (a young offender)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Failing in what duty requires
Synonyms:
delinquent; derelict; neglectful; remiss
Context example:
remiss of you not to pay your bills
Similar:
negligent (characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Past due; not paid at the scheduled time
Synonyms:
delinquent; overdue
Context example:
a delinquent account
Similar:
due (owed and payable immediately or on demand)
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