Delinquent | Mean of delinquent in English Dictionary

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/

• Noun
• a young person who regularly does illegal or immoral things
1. a group of violent delinquents
• doing things that are illegal or immoral
1. a school for delinquent children
2. His delinquent behavior could lead to more serious problems.
• not paid at the required or expected time
1. Her credit card account was delinquent. [=she had not made the payments that were due on her credit card account]
2. The town is trying to collect delinquent taxes.

• failing to pay an amount of money that is owed
1. people who are delinquent in their loan payments [=people who have not been paying back their loans when they said they would]
2. delinquent borrowers