Dictionary Entry
delinquent
delinquent is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
- 2noun
One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
- 3noun
a young offender
- 4adjective
past due; not paid at the scheduled time
"an overdue installment"
"a delinquent account"
Synonyms
- 5adjective
failing in what duty requires
"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
"neglectful of his duties"
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- 6adjective
guilty of a misdeed
"delinquent minors"
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