delinquent
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
- Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
- Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Noun
- One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
- A person who has not paid their debts.
- A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
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