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delinquent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun delinquent has 1 sense
- delinquent(n = noun.person) juvenile delinquent - a young offender; Array is a kind of offender, wrongdoer
Derived form adjective delinquent1
Adjective delinquent has 3 senses
- delinquent(s = adj.all) Array - guilty of a misdeed; "delinquent minors" Derived forms noun delinquency2, noun delinquent1
- delinquent(s = adj.all) derelict, neglectful, remiss - failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
- delinquent(s = adj.all) overdue - past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
delinquent, n. & adj.
--n. an offender (juvenile delinquent).
--adj.
1 guilty of a minor crime or a misdeed.
2 failing in one's duty.
3 US in arrears.
--n. an offender (juvenile delinquent).
--adj.
1 guilty of a minor crime or a misdeed.
2 failing in one's duty.
3 US in arrears.
Derivative
delinquently adv.
THESAURUS
delinquent
aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, bad person, behindhand, careless, criminal, crook, culprit, deceiver, defaulter, defaulting, derelict, deviant, disgraceful, disregardful, evil, evil man, evil person, evildoer, failing, felon, gangster, hardly the thing, hooligan, ignominious, illegal, improper, in arrear, in arrears, inappropriate, incorrect, indecorous, infamous, late, lawbreaker, lax, levanter, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdemeanist, misfeasor, mobster, neglectful, negligent, nonpayer, nonpaying, not done, not the thing, off-base, off-color, offender, out-of-line, outlaw, overdue, past due, public enemy, racketeer, regardless, remiss, roughneck, ruffian, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, sinner, slack, tax dodger, tax evader, terrible, thief, transgressor, undue, unfit, unfitting, unlawful, unpaid, unrighteous, unseemly, unsuitable, villain, welsher, wicked, worker of ill, wrong, wrongdoer, wrongfulROGET THESAURUS
delinquent
Bad Man
N bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity, evildoer, sinner, the wicked, bad example, villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff, wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin, tiger, monster, devil, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, Nana Sahib, hellhound, hellcat, rakehell, bad woman, jade, Jezebel, scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag, rou_e, rake, Sadist, skeesicks, skeezix, limb, one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee, vaurien, mauvais sujet, loose fish, sad dog, rounder, lost sheep, black sheep, castaway, recreant, defaulter, prodigal, rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother, ruffian, bully, meanie, Jonathan Wild, hangman, incendiary, arsonist, fire bug, thief, murderer, terrorist, culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp, disorderly person, misdemeanant, outlaw, scofflaw, vandal, felon, (convicted criminal), criminal, convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man, multiple offender, blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak, rapscallion, rascallion, cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, ame-de-boue, drole, cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel, lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond, rogue, ronian, scum of the earth, riffraff, Arcades ambo, Int, sirrah!, Acherontis pabulum, gibier de potence.
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