as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the bank was annoyed because our check was delinquent
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Recent Examples of delinquent
Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
His city sent reminder letters to the delinquent condos in December.
—Rebecca Liebson, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Brian Tyree Henry and Narcos alum Wagner Moura play two long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob a country house.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Former Mayor Michael Nutter had a lien placed on his home over a $507 delinquent gas bill in 2013, while District Attorney Larry Krasner's tax delinquencies led city lawyers to attempt to seize one of his properties.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
His city sent reminder letters to the delinquent condos in December.
—Rebecca Liebson, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
After all, the recruitment of delinquents shows the desperate lengths Moscow must now go to with the Ukraine war draining its resources, Western intelligence officials point out.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Brian Tyree Henry and Narcos alum Wagner Moura play two long-time Philly friends and delinquents who pose as DEA agents to rob a country house.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquent
Noun
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However, rumors that the derelict mansion in the video was Jordan’s have since been debunked.—
Megan Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
19 Sep. 2024
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Maine’s housing stock skews old, with high rates of derelict and seasonally vacant properties.—
Donovan Lynch,
NBC News,
4 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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If a filer forgoes an extension and files late, the person risks additional fees for the tardy submission.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ukraine’s tardy recruitment of convicts has produced a small fraction of fighters who had enlisted from Russian prisons.—
Anatoly Kurmanaev,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bankrupts media and corporate opponents with endless lawsuits.—
Trudy Rubin,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The fight almost bankrupts the town of Shelby, Montana, which borrowed heavily to stage it. 1930 — Helen Wills Moody wins her fourth straight singles title at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Ryan.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2023
Adjective
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In late February, the FDA delisted semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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But was that context enough to justify devoting an entire episode — even a relatively compact 38-minute one — to it, this late in a season where the characters the audience is most invested in have now been in limbo for multiple chapters in a row?—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The misguided focus on containment is a belated echo of the nuclear age, when the United States and others limited the spread of atomic bombs by restricting access to enriched uranium, by keeping an eye on what certain scientists were doing and by sending inspectors into labs and military bases.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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At the time of the film’s release in theaters in October, both Crowe and Adria Petty talked with Variety about what the very belated re-release of the film after more than 40 years meant to them.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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At another point, a surface-to-air missile takes out a passenger airliner, something that really happened — but the attack is as purposeless here as the tragic original event, other than to remind us that Valet, who surveys the wreckage for valuables, is a degenerate.—
Boris Fishman,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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On-chain assets are, ultimately, financial instruments and the ecosystem is long overdue for crypto-specific audit and attestation standards.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Zoe Saldaña's Oscar glory was long overdue, according to her Avatar director James Cameron.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The days of pandering to perverts and woke PFCs are over.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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Another of the girls called Essex a pervert, which prompted their mother to ask more questions.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Delinquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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