1. Guilty of a misdeed
   "delinquent minors" 
2. Failing in what duty requires
   "delinquent in his duty"
   - derelict, neglectful, remiss 
3. Past due; not paid at the scheduled time
   "a delinquent account"
   - overdue

1. A young offender
   - juvenile delinquent

Derived forms: delinquents

See also: delinquency, due, guilty, negligent

Type of: offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Delinquent

• Second Vatican Council
• second wind
• Second World War
• second-degree burn
• second-guess
• second-hand speech
• second-hand store
• second-in-command
• second-place finish
• second-rate
• second-rater
• second-sighted
• second-stringer
• second-year
• secondarily
• secondary
• secondary amenorrhea
• secondary cell
• secondary censorship
• secondary coil
• secondary dentition
• secondary diagonal
• secondary dysmenorrhea
• secondary education
• secondary emission