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dinq

/dɪŋk/

dinq adjective: not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications.

Adjective

dinq (not comparable)

  1. (Navy, US, slang) Not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications.
    • My mate is so dinq that he could get 100 signatures a day and he'd still be behind.

Synonyms of dinq

Forms of dinq

alternative formdink

Origin of dinq

Initialism of delinquent in nuclear qualifications, originally used in nuclear submarine programs.

Questions about dinq

What does dinq mean?
Dinq means not making a requisite amount of progress in one's qualifications.
What part of speech is dinq?
Dinq is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dinq?
Dinq is pronounced /dɪŋk/.

Words near dinq in the dictionary

  1. dinoxanthin
  2. dinoxide
  3. dinoxides
  4. dinoxyline
  5. DINP
  6. dinq
  7. dins
  8. Dinsdale
  9. Dinsdales
  10. Dinsmore
  11. dinsome

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