How to use delinquent in a sentence

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• Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing, until the police drove by.From the entry roughhouse
• Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.From the entry roughhouse
• They sat there, robed up to the tonsils, and made me feel so below a juvenile delinquent.From the entry to the tonsils
• A spell in the army will do these delinquents a power of good.From the entry do a power of good
• The taxpayer has always subsidised the delinquents of society.From the entry subsidised
• Hunter Biden's attorney paid over $2 million for his delinquent taxes. Must be nice to have a sugar brother you can count on.From the entry sugar brother
• In this way every woman was a potentially fetishizable object and delinquent citizen.2007, Christine L. Marran, Poison Woman: Figuring Female Transgression in Modern Japanese Culture, page 137. From the entry fetishizable
• But the delinquent could do it too, and in the very same terms.1977, Saul Bellow, “The Jefferson Lectures”, in It All Adds Up, New York, N.Y.: Viking, published 1994, page 130. From the entry asocial
• On the average delinquents have a normal intelligence; however, there is frequent neglect of intelligence.1961, Abstracts on Criminology and Penology, volume 1, page 398, column 1. From the entry debile
• The delinquents are generally the adventurous type, who have little use for reading and other non-active entertainment.1957, William O. Douglas, Roth v. United States. From the entry entertainment
• Fosterhome care should also be applied to juvenile delinquents (in co-operation with child guidance clinics).1955, United Nations. Technical Assistance Administration, European Exchange Plan Seminar on the Institutional Treatment of Juvenile…. From the entry fosterhome
• 'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry replace
• Secretary Brower intends to lay down the law and make delinquents walk turkey.1907, Typographical Journal - Volume 31, page 62. From the entry walk turkey
• Unlike most auction sales delinquent tax property is sold to the lowest instead of the highest bidder.1902 December 1, “Annual Tax Sale Today: Treas. Cropper Has Troubles With Mathematical Problems. Courier Mathematician Also Gathers Bunch…. From the entry septuagintillion
• It is not too embarrassed to turn up as shopgirl philosophy or on delinquent mixtapes: “Our ideas are on everybody’s mind.”2024, McKenzie Wark, Leaving The Twentieth Century: Situationist Revolutions, page 159. From the entry shopgirl
• Today, the delinquent decacorn of Silicon Valley announced Uber Freight, a bid to bring the ride hailing model to trucking.2017 May 18, Alex Davies, “With Uber Freight, Travis Takes On Trucking”, in Wired. From the entry decacorn
• The New Zealand public and press largely shared his view of bodgies as juvenile delinquents who posed a social threat.2001, Roy Shuker, Understanding Popular Music, page 223. From the entry bodgie
• Having a tendency to destroy things, he was reported to be a 'juvenile delinquent' and wasn't considered rehomable by many, unless he received significant rehabilitation.2013, Saskia Adams, Unconditional Love: PetRescue's Great Animal Stories. From the entry rehomable
• It is dangerous, dumb, and highly delinquent (CRAZY) for a professional educator to goad our poor little misunderstood and hormonally-challenged children to run with scissors.2008, Andrew Gideon, Harrier Hawks Fly High, page 6. From the entry run with scissors
• However, can we step up ideological education among delinquents who commit ordinary offenses for the first time as they will correct their behaviors?1979 August 24 [1979 August 21], “We Must Attach Importance To Educating and Reforming Youngsters Who Violate the Law and Commit Crimes”…. From the entry Shangrao
• Surprisingly, the film is delightful—mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blonde button nose who played the endearing delinquent in Tiger Bay.1961 July 7, “Cinema: Adults Are Boobs”, in Time, retrieved 17 May 2014. From the entry button nose
• Delinquent ticketees cunning enough to avoid that fate may still find a block placed on their class registration access when the end of the semester rolls around.2001 January, University of Nebraska at Omaha, The Gateway, Volume 01, Issue 33, page 2. From the entry ticketee
• Thus, it would be expected that identical twins would more frequently both be delinquent than nonidenticals, in cases in which one identical twin had been delinquent.1961, Harry Manuel Shulman, Juvenile Delinquency in American Society, page 330. From the entry nonidentical

Meaning of delinquent

1. adjective Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
2. adjective Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
3. adjective Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.

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Questions about delinquent in a sentence

How do you use delinquent in a sentence?

Delinquent is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.”

What is a short sentence with delinquent?

“Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.”

What does delinquent mean?

Delinquent means late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.