delinquent

delinquent
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. neglectful, negligent, defaulting, undutiful; culpable. —n. defaulter; transgressor, troublemaker, lawbreaker; juvenile delinquent, J. D. See debt, evildoer, guilt, illegality, neglect.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Lax in duty]
Syn. derelict, remiss, negligent, slack, behind hand, tardy, procrastinating, criminal, neglectful, faulty, shabby, guilty of misdeed, failing in duty, blameworthy, blamable, culpable, red-handed, censurable, offending, reprehensible; see also careless 1 .
Ant. punctual*, punctilious, scrupulous.
2. [Not paid on time; said especially of taxes ]
Syn. owed, back, overdue; see due , unpaid 1 .
n.
Syn. defaulter, tax evader, offender, reprobate, dawdler, slacker, bad debtor, poor risk, neglecter of duty, felon, miscreant, malefactor, lawbreaker, wrongdoer, sinner, juvenile offender, juvenile delinquent, JD*, punk*, hoodlum, hood*, ganster, hooligan*, troublemaker, outlaw, scamp, black sheep, fallen angel, jailbird*, Welsher*, tax dodger*, deadbeat*; see also criminal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
criminal, lawbreaker, outlaw, malefactor, offender, miscreant, culprit, scamp, rascal, *hood.
II
a.
lawbreaking, criminal, irresponsible, derelict, remiss, neglectful, faulty, slack, negligent.
ANT.: responsible, trustworthy, law-abiding

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  • Delinquént — (lat.), Verbrecher …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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