Delinquent
[dɪ'lɪŋkw(ə)nt] or [dɪ'lɪŋkwənt]
Definition
(noun.) a young offender.
(adj.) past due; not paid at the scheduled time; 'an overdue installment'; 'a delinquent account' .
(adj.) guilty of a misdeed; 'delinquent minors' .
Editor: Wendell--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
(n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Edited by Glenn
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Failing in duty.
n. Offender, culprit, criminal, wrong-doer.
Typed by Elvin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Criminal, culprit, offender
ANT:Worthy, paragon, pattern
Typist: Rudy
Definition
adj. failing in duty.—n. one who fails in or leaves his duty: a transgressor: a criminal.—n. Delin′quency failure in or omission of duty: a fault: a crime.—adv. Delin′quently.
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Examples
- They were not savage men either of them, though it appeared both were rigid, for they fined a delinquent who came considerably too late. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The separation of delinquent from semi-delinquent girls is a somewhat similar attempt to guard the weak. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All the way to Stone Lodge, as with grave indignation he led the two delinquents home, he repeated at intervals 'What would Mr. Bounderby say? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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