All delinquent synonyms
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D d adj delinquent
- unpaid β a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- tardy β late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- overdue β past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books.
- derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- criminal β A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- slack β not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- behind β If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- blamable β that deserves blame; culpable
- blameworthy β deserving disapproval or censure
- careless β If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- censurable β deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- culpable β If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- faulty β having faults or defects; imperfect.
- guilty β having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- lax β not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline.
- neglectful β characterized by neglect; disregardful; careless; negligent (often followed by of): neglectful of one's health.
- negligent β guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty: negligent officials.
noun delinquent
- debtor β A debtor is a country, organization, or person who owes money.
- juvenile delinquent β a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence.
- offender β to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- hoodlum β a thug or gangster.
- felon β an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.
- wrongdoer β a person who does wrong, especially a sinner or transgressor.
- lawbreaker β a person who breaks or violates the law.
- defaulter β A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- malefactor β a person who violates the law; criminal.
- reprobate β a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- culprit β When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
- miscreant β depraved, villainous, or base.
- desperado β A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- punk β Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
- loafer β a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- recreant β cowardly or craven.
- deadbeat β If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
- blackguard β an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- jailbird β a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- deadhead β A deadhead is someone who uses a free ticket to see a show, or for a plane or train trip.
- lounger β a person or thing that lounges.
- dawdler β to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- sinner β a person who sins; transgressor.
adjective delinquent
- aberrant β Aberrant means unusual and not socially acceptable.
- antisocial β Someone who is antisocial is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- felonious β Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- defaulting β guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- irresponsible β said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- reckless β utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- failing β Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.