Definition of "delinquent" in English

adjective

1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

   • Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.

2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.

   • The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.

3. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

noun

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.

2. A person who has not paid their debts.

3. (historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).