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delinquent

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Adjective

  1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
  2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
  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. A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).

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