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Definitions: Delinquent |
DelinquentAdjective1. Guilty of a minor misdeed; "delinquent minors". 2. Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills". 3. Persistently bad; "school for delinquent boys". 4. Past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account". Noun1. A young offender. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "delinquent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: DelinquentSynonyms: derelict (adj), neglectful (adj), overdue (adj), remiss (adj), juvenile delinquent (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bad Man | Culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp; disorderly person, misdemeanant; outlaw; scofflaw; vandal; felon; convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man; multiple offender. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I have been running the crap game since I was a juvenile delinquent. (Guys and Dolls; writing credit: Abe Burrows; Joseph L. Mankiewicz) I'm not deprived; I'm delinquent. There's a difference, you know. (Candleshoe; writing credit: Michael Innes; Rosemary Anne Sisson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Delicate Delinquent (1957) Delinquent Daughters (1944) Anal Delinquent 3 (1995) Delinquent Renter (1994) | |
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Children | Lebanon | Although their number is small, there is no adequate place to hold delinquent girls; therefore, they are held in the women's prison in Ba'abda. (references) |
Economic History | China | Chinese commercial banks have successfully repossessed vehicles from delinquent borrowers. (references) |
China | The government has stepped up its efforts to downsize many state-owned enterprises (SOEs), but investment in the state-owned sector accounted for most new investment in 1998 and 1999. The SOEs have close linkages to the banking system; most have built up huge balances of delinquent "policy loans" with the state-owned banks. (references) | |
Human Rights | Haiti | Occasionally parents ask a judge to imprison a delinquent child. (references) |
Belize | The Ombudsman's investigation revealed that the officer was delinquent. (references) | |
Guatemala | The Centers do not separate delinquent children from children who are victims. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | The COBAC has authority to license banks and discipline delinquent institutions. (references) |
Zambia | In general, companies find it very difficult to finance their own imports and seek credit arrangements, but businesses considering offering their exports on credit should make a very careful check of the bona fides and finances of Zambian companies before doing so. Delinquent payments to suppliers are a common problem in Zambia. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope. "Why have you halted?" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; "move forward, sir, at once." "General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Legal process was therefore delivered to the marshal against the rioters and delinquent distillers. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Justice must not fail because the agencies of enforcement are either delinquent or inefficiently organized. |
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| "Delinquent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 78.52% of the time. "Delinquent" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 78.52% | 106 | 31,637 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.48% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Total | 100.00% | 135 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "delinquent": delinquent account ♦ delinquent tax ♦ delinquent taxpayer ♦ juvenile delinquent. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "delinquent": delinquent-prone. | |
Ending with "delinquent": non-delinquent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | shkelës (breaker, derogatory, offender, transgressor, trespasser, violator), kriminel (felon, hoodlum, malefactor, malfeasant, mobster, offender, outlaw), i papaguar (back, outstanding, undischarged, unfeed, unpaid, unsettled), fajtor (causer, culpable, culprit, guilty, stirrer-up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقصر, مجرم (criminal, culprit, evil doer, felon, gangster, guilty, malefactor, miscreant, perpetrator), جانح (aground, misdemeanant), المهمل (cast offs, idler), الجانح. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който не е изпълнил дълга си, който е извършил престъпление, виновник (author, causer, culprit, offender, perpetrator, sinner, stirrer-up), неизплатен (outstanding, undischarged, unpaid, unredeemed, unsettled), престъпник (criminal, culprit, evil doer, malefactor, malfeasant, offender, villain, wrongdoer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 犯罪少年. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | delikvent (wrongdoer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skatteskyldner (delinquent taxpayer), skatterestance (arrears of taxes, delinquent tax, overdue tax, tax arrears, tax receivables), personer med kriminelle eller asociale tilboejeligheder (persons with delinquent and sociopathic tendencies), kriminelle unge (juvenile delinquent), kriminel adfaerd (criminal behaviour, delinquent behaviour), forfalden skat (delinquent tax, tax arrears). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | delinquente jongere (juvenile delinquent), te late aangifte (delinquent return), jeugdige delinquenten (delinquent juveniles), jeugdige delinquent (juvenile delinquent), crimineel gedrag (criminal behaviour, delinquent behaviour), belastingplichtige in overtreding (delinquent taxpayer), achterstallige belasting (delinquent tax, overdue tax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vilpillinen verovelvollinen (delinquent taxpayer), viivästynyt ilmoitus (delinquent return), nuori rikoksentekijä (juvenile delinquent), nuoret rikoksentekijät (delinquent juveniles), maksamattomat verot (arrears of taxes, delinquent tax, overdue tax, tax arrears, tax receivables), ilmoitus jälkikäteen (delinquent return), ilmianto jälkikäteen (delinquent return). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dévoyé, délinquant, négligent (derelict). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | straffällig (delinquently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεαρόσ παραβάτησ νόμου, παραβάτησ (defaulter, infinger, offender, transgressor, trespasser, violator, wrong doer), εγκληματίασ (criminal, gangster, outlaw, recidivist), ανήλικοσ εγκληματίασ, αμελήσ καθήκοντων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עברין (culprit, defaulter, malefactor, malfeasant, miscreant, offender, sinner, transgressor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kötelességmulasztó (derelict), tettes (culprit, offender, principal), bűntettes (criminal offender, felon), bűnöző (evildoer, goon, miscreant, moronic, offender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penunggak, penjahat (bandit, criminal, desperado, felon, gangster, scum, tough, villain), crossboy (punk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | delinquente (criminal, offender, rogue, tough, villain), malvivente (criminal, gangster), malfattore (criminal, evildoer, malefactor, wrongdoer), colpevole (culpable, culprit, faulty, guiltier, guiltily, guilty, offender, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不良 (badness, failure, inferiority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふりょう (badness, failure, inferiority, poor catch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 체납자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | loghtagh (bad, bad incorrect, blameable, blameworthy, culpable, defaulter, defective, fault-finding, faulty, illgotten, iniquitous, offending, vicious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ungdomsforbryter (juvenile delinquent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elinquentday delinquente (defaulter, lawsuit, offender, offenders, transgressor, violators, wrongdoer), réu (culprit, defaulter, defendant, indictment, respondent, sued party, summoned party), culpado (culprit, guilty, indictee, wrongdoer). (various references) delincvent (culprit, defaulter, evil doer, wrongdoer), delicvent (criminal, misdemeanant), vinovat (culpable, culprit, faulty, guilty), infractor (felon, law breaker, trespasser), culpabil (censurable, culpable, guilty). (various references) виновный (culpable, culprit, guilty), преступник (criminal, culprit, evil doer, evil-doer, felon, first offender, law-breaker, malefactor, malfeasant, mobster, offender, perpetrator, vermin), правонарушитель (lawbreaker, law-breaker, law-offender, law-violator, offender, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer). (various references) delinkvent, zaostao sa isplatom duga, prestupnik (law breaker, lawbreaker, law-offender, law-violator, offender, transgressor, violator, wrongdoer), nemaran (careless, casual, debonair, devil may care, easygoing, feckless, floppy, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, neglectful, negligent, reckless, slack, slipshod, sloppy). (various references) delincuente (culprit, defaulter, felon, felonious, gangsman, gangster, malfeasant, offender, thug). (various references) delinkvent, försumlig (neglectful, negligencet, negligent, negligible, remiss), brottsling (criminal, criminal offender, culprit, felon, malefactor), brottslig (criminal, culpable, delinquents, felonious, flagitious). (various references) เ"็กหรือเยาวชนผู้กระทำผิ" (juvenile delinquent). (various references) zamanında yapılmayan ödeme, suçlu (con, convict, criminal, culpable, culprit, evil doer, felon, guilty, malefactor, misdemeanant, offender, transgressor), kabahatli kimse (misdemeanant), ihmalkâr kimse, ihmali olan, hatalı (Amiss, errant, erring, erroneous, false, faulty, illegitimate, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, out, solecistic, unsound, wet, wrong), geciktirilmiş. (various references) злочинець (appellant, appellor, convict, criminal, culprit, evil doer, malefactor, perpetrator, tamperer), правопорушник (law breaker, offender, trespasser, wrong doer). (various references) phạm tội (criminal), người lơ l nhiệm vụ, lỗi lầm chểnh mảng, kẻ phạm tội (criminal), kẻ phạm pháp người chểnh mảng, có tội (criminal, felonious, sinful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | delictorum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "delinquent": delinquently, delinquents. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "delinquent": nondelinquent. (additional references) | |
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"Delinquent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: delenquent, delienquent, delingent, delingquent, Delinguente, delinquen, delinquens, Delinquente, delinquint, deliquent, dilinquent, Selinunte. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "delinquent" (pronounced duli"ngkwunt) |
| 5 | -k w u n t | consequent, eloquent, frequent, grandiloquent, infrequent, Sequent, subsequent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-l-n-n-q-t-u" | |
-2 letters: tunneled. | |
-3 letters: dentine, detinue, diluent, dunnite, lenient, quieted, quieten, quilted, unlined. | |
-4 letters: dentil, dentin, dilute, dunite, dunlin, eluent, eluted, endite, equine, indene, indent, indult, intend, lenten, linden, linnet, lunted, lutein, quinte, teledu, tinned, tunned, tunnel, undine, united, untied. | |
-5 letters: diene, edile, elide, elint, elite, elude, elute, endue, ennui, equid, etude, indue, inlet, inned, lined, linen, lunet, luted, nudie, queen, quiet, quilt, quint, quite, teind, tilde, tiled, tined, tuned, undee, unite, unled, unlet, unlit, untie, until, utile. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-l-n-n-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: delinquents. | |
+2 letters: delinquently. | |
+3 letters: nondelinquent. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6C 69 6E 71 75 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .-.. .. -. --.- ..- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01110001 01110101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e l i n q u e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006C 0069 006E 0071 0075 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717875808387718086 |
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