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
Annie Nova, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
The citations shared by the city departments are just snapshots of a much larger ecosystem of delinquent food trucks, however.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
David Clarey, jsonline.com, 12 Nov. 2025
The boy was adjudicated delinquent on the disorderly conduct charge.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The number of rental applicants who were more than 90 days delinquent on their education debt more than doubled, from 15% in January to 32% in May, according to a new analysis from TransUnion, a credit rating company.
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Following the incident, he was again adjudicated delinquent and placed in Lincoln Hills School for one year.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquent
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And when sunrise was artificially delayed by three hours, the rate of the finches' singing intensified and commenced sooner compared with non-delayed sunrises.—
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Identity data from incidents like this is frequently reused later for delayed fraud.—
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And now that the Biden-era law requiring airlines to compensate passengers for extensive flight delays has been withdrawn, tardy departures can be even more frustrating.—
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McDaniel has said players have not been tardy to regular meetings involving coaches — something that was a problem last season.—
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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.—
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The expectation is set early in the series, when an alderman who tries to swindle George bankrupts himself in the process, then kills himself in shame.—
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
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Ahmad Moten was fortunate not to be called for what was clearly a late hit.—
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That’s true historically — Netflix ran a 10K on streaming before Disney could lace up its sneakers, prompting a mad belated frenzy from the Burbank firm to get its own service up and running more than a decade later, in 2019.—
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China, meanwhile, is living with the long shadow of its one-child policy, which was eased to a two-child rule in 2016 and then to a three-child policy in 2021 in a belated push to boost births.—
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That rogues’ gallery includes such reprobates as Maura Healey, the fake Indian, Ed Markey, Seth Moulton, crackpot leftist Juliette Kayyem… Percentage of contribution Summers made to Democrats: 100 percent.—
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Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.—
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Milwaukee Athletic Club has compiled overdue state sales tax payments totaling more than $200,000 − but its board president says the private club is financially healthy.—
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Everything from financial systems and relationships to our physical bodies could send subtle (or not-so-subtle) reminders that change is overdue.—
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Like the scrappy bird in their nickname, the tenacious Toronto Blue Jays have clawed their way to 45 come-from-behind victories – most in the major leagues – and 87 overall, tops in the American League with under two weeks left in the 2025 campaign.—
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“Delinquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquent. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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