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de·lin·quent

(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.
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