1
as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill
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as in lateness
the quality or state of being late
delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge
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Recent Examples of delinquency
Rising delinquencies and economic uncertainty are impacting lenders' decisions, Tavares said.
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Stephanie Dhue,sharon Epperson, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
This sophomoric assessment of property taxes has a kernel of a good point — that a state or local government can eventually seize a home after a lengthy period of an owner’s tax delinquency.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Dhue,sharon Epperson, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
This sophomoric assessment of property taxes has a kernel of a good point — that a state or local government can eventually seize a home after a lengthy period of an owner’s tax delinquency.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquency
Noun
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The suit, filed in Marion Superior Court, accuses Meta of negligence and breach of contract.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Due to the pending lawsuit filed by Santa Fe Irrigation (SFID) against the city over its negligence in the dam’s upkeep, Raise Lake Hodges has also been unable to get any information from SFID or from the city.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Devices have seemed to exacerbate a culture of permissible lateness these days.—
Joseph Liu,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Common causes include legacy storage, a lack of metadata and cost‑driven neglect.—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Decades of research reviewed by the Food Research & Action Center shows that when students participate in school breakfast programs, behavior, academic performance, and academic achievement go up and tardiness goes down.—
Becky Pringle,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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To protect data at rest, full-device encryption should be mandatory; contemporary iOS and Android devices support this by default.—
Mike Rosen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Surveys suggest consumer confidence has dipped and auto loan defaults and repossessions are on the rise.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stern, who is 71, first signed with satellite radio broadcaster Sirius in 2004 (prior to its merger with XM), in part to be free of oversight by the FCC, which had levied millions of dollars in fines on terrestrial radio stations that carried his show for alleged indecency.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Delinquency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquency. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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