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How to pronounce “delinquent”
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Pronunciation guide for delinquent
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of delinquent with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 6 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How One Small Idea Led to $1 Million of Paid Water Bills
and some of these were delinquent accounts.
- Definition summary
- Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
Example 1 of 6
How to pronounce delinquent
How One Small Idea Led to $1 Million of Paid Water Bills
and some of these were delinquent accounts.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “delinquent”
Meaning
- [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.
- (historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
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Similar Sounds
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