11 letters · 26 points in Scrabble
noun nonpayment of a debt when due
noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
noun an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
originBorrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent + -cy
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