delinquently


de·lin·quent

D0112700 (dĭ-lĭng′kwənt, -lĭn′-)adj.1. Failing to do what law or duty requires.2. Overdue in payment: a delinquent account.n.1. A juvenile delinquent.2. A person who neglects or fails to do what law or duty requires.
[Latin dēlinquēns, dēlinquent-, present participle of dēlinquere, to offend : dē-, de- + linquere, to leave, abandon; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.]
de·lin′quent·ly adv.