as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the bank was annoyed because our check was delinquent
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Recent Examples of delinquent
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The teenager, who was 13 at the time of Stephens’ death, was adjudicated delinquent in October after a juvenile court determined his involvement in the crime.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Misfits follows the zany stories of a group of juvenile delinquents, who become enhanced after getting caught in a freak lightning storm while performing community service.
—Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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He has been accused of destroying Colombia's exemplary health care system, expropriating pension funds, paying off delinquent youth with government funds, and ordering the military to cease capturing crime gang leaders.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The teenager, who was 13 at the time of Stephens’ death, was adjudicated delinquent in October after a juvenile court determined his involvement in the crime.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The British series concerns a group of juvenile delinquents (chavs, really) who are accidentally imbued with incredible powers after getting caught in an electrical storm.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Misfits follows the zany stories of a group of juvenile delinquents, who become enhanced after getting caught in a freak lightning storm while performing community service.
—Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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However, rumors that the derelict mansion in the video was Jordan’s have since been debunked.Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
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Maine’s housing stock skews old, with high rates of derelict and seasonally vacant properties.Donovan Lynch, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2024
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My filter was deliberately designed to avoid the likes of UPS to try and identify cases that are likely to be truly tardy in taking write-downs.Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Now, even that default 10 year lookback is absent from the aforementioned composite edition, as well as the also tardy prior composite edition covering 2017-19.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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The fight almost bankrupts the town of Shelby, Montana, which borrowed heavily to stage it. 1930 — Helen Wills Moody wins her fourth straight singles title at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Ryan.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
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The plan is intended to prevent the company from being dissolved, forced into liquidation or formally declared bankrupt.Michelle Toh, CNN, 19 May 2020
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The Giants aren’t expected to announce it until late Sunday or Monday.Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Setting Sun The death of Queen Elizabeth II marked, in a belated way, the demise of empire.Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2023
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But a belated, uninspiring improvement is an improvement nonetheless.Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024
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On The Challenge: Battle of the Eras, these now-geriatric degenerates will duke it out for the only prize worth fighting for: making their kids proud.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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There’s the medieval brutality: Gómez was a homicidal degenerate who collected torture methods instead of stamps.Tim Padgett, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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The latter film also has a strong argument that the franchise is long overdue for recognition.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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There are at least two major pieces of legislation that are long overdue for application.Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2024
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The interplay between pervert audience and chastising host is a delicate dance, as old as time.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Five states and Washington, D.C. have referendums next month that could profoundly change—and pervert—the way each conducts elections.Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Delinquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquent. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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