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Delinquent is an English word with synonyms like guilty or wrongdoer. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Delinquent meaning

  1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
  2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
  3. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Synonyms of Delinquent

guilty wrongdoer juvenile delinquent owed due overdue incorrigible negligent remiss neglectful derelict offender

Related words

Other words often associated with Delinquent or its synonyms:

collectible inattentive callable receivable payable cod repayable owing collectable collect undue woebegone

Using Delinquent

  • The main meaning on this page is: Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. | Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled. | Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
  • Useful related words include: guilty, wrongdoer, juvenile delinquent, owed.
  • In the example corpus, delinquent often appears in combinations such as: of delinquent, delinquent in, delinquent on.

Context around Delinquent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

total 1× days 1× considered 1× shameful 1× tax 1× adjudicated 1× hapless 1×

Often after:

loans 1× tenant 1× status 1× behavior 1× nations 1× fool 1× boys 1× acts 1× childhood 1× together 1×

Sentence patterns with Delinquent

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a delinquent tenant s 1× a hapless delinquent together with 1× about a delinquent childhood 1× after those delinquent ones 1× are tax delinquent 1× be considered delinquent if they 1× by those delinquent nations 1× delinquent real property 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a delinquent tenant 1× delinquent real property 1× during an adjustment 1× fines worth more 1× gully questioned the 1× his mom jane 1×

Common sentence endings:

35 transaction fee 1× a delinquent childhood 1× a notable example 1× about delinquent drivers 1× are tax delinquent 1× by eleanor roosevelt 1×

Words around Delinquent

Just before it in the word index:

delinquency 59 delinquencies 23 delino 8 delinking 6 delinked 3 delink 3

Just after it in the word index:

delinquents 20 delinsky 2 delirious 54 deliriously 10 delirium 72 delis 17

Similar in corpus frequency:

asbury 127 azam 127 bally 127 barnsley 127 barrymore 127 bdsm 127

Corpus analysis for Delinquent

  • In this selection, "delinquent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, total, days, considered, loans, tenant and status stand out and add context to how "delinquent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a delinquent tenant s and a hapless delinquent together with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "delinquent" sits close to words such as asbury, azam and bally, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with delinquent

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Second installment will be delinquent after November 12, 2024. (9 words)

A Delinquent Tenant’s ParadiseEviction prohibitions remain in effect in California. (11 words)

Hundreds of billions of Dollars were then rapidly paid by those “delinquent” nations. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the local branch of the Magnolia Bank after it reportedly sent a letter to at least one resident falsely claiming the recipient was delinquent on property tax payments. (37 words)

Delinquent real property and mobile homes will be eligible for sale, with payments accepted via cash, money order, cashier’s check, attorney’s trust/escrow account checks or credit/debit card (with a 2.35% transaction fee). (37 words)

His mom (Jane Kaczmarek) is a raging control freak, his dad (Bryan Cranston) has his head in the clouds and his oldest brother (Christopher Masterson) has been sent to military school for delinquent behavior. (34 words)

Question examples

Fines worth more than their cars: What should government do about delinquent drivers? (13 words)

Example sentences (20)

Total delinquent loans, which includes nonperforming loans and loans thirty or more days delinquent, to total loans outstanding, were 0.72% at the end of the second quarter of 2020.

A Delinquent Tenant’s ParadiseEviction prohibitions remain in effect in California.

During an adjustment period from Oct. 1 to Sept. 31, 2024, borrowers won’t be considered delinquent if they miss a payment on their federal student loan.

Gully questioned the board on the delinquent status of the town’s audits, and why the board had apparently been unaware of the full extent of the situation.

His mom (Jane Kaczmarek) is a raging control freak, his dad (Bryan Cranston) has his head in the clouds and his oldest brother (Christopher Masterson) has been sent to military school for delinquent behavior.

Hundreds of billions of Dollars were then rapidly paid by those “delinquent” nations.

Hunter Biden is shameful delinquent fool that took advantage of a Father that in many respects worshiped and like all Fathers, refusal to acknowledge accountability of a son who has brought shame and reproach.

In the midst of this chaotic period, he was sent to Wiltwyck, an Ulster County school for delinquent boys, co-founded by Eleanor Roosevelt.

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O’Malley said they are working with the collectors to identify those who are tax delinquent.

Prosecutors withdrew charges against another teenager who they said was adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court on one conspiracy count.

Sen. David Wallace, R-Leachville, filed SJR10, which would amend the constitution to provide rights for victims of criminal offenses or delinquent acts.

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the local branch of the Magnolia Bank after it reportedly sent a letter to at least one resident falsely claiming the recipient was delinquent on property tax payments.

Tory MSP Sir Edward Mountain shed decades of guilt at Holyrood this week, confessing to colleagues about a delinquent childhood.

Wish fulfillment "harem anime" that put a hapless delinquent together with endless romantic prospects are one of anime's most popular genres, and is a notable example.

Delinquent real property and mobile homes will be eligible for sale, with payments accepted via cash, money order, cashier’s check, attorney’s trust/escrow account checks or credit/debit card (with a 2.35% transaction fee).

Fines worth more than their cars: What should government do about delinquent drivers?

It was subsequently announced that all Government ministries will soon have a unit tasked with assessing the performance of contractors across the various sectors to go after those delinquent ones.

Lawyers for the health insurance company, the Amalgamated National Health Fund, said the owners are delinquent on $2.4 million in health premium contributions, with another $1.2 million in premiums soon due.

Regardless of what payments Trump was referring to, the fact that he would essentially threaten to “sick” Russia on United States’ allies — whom he called “delinquent” — is seriously concerning.

Second installment will be delinquent after November 12, 2024.

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Common combinations with delinquent

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "delinquent" in a sentence?
An example: "Total delinquent loans, which includes nonperforming loans and loans thirty or more days delinquent, to total loans outstanding, were 0.72% at the end of the second quarter of 2020." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "delinquent" from authentic English texts.
What does "delinquent" mean?
Delinquent means: Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
What are synonyms of "delinquent"?
Common synonyms of "delinquent" include: guilty, wrongdoer, juvenile delinquent, owed, due, overdue, incorrigible, negligent. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "delinquent" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "delinquent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.