1
as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
we received a notice in the mail informing us of our delinquency in paying our utility bill
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as in lateness
the quality or state of being late
delinquency of our mortgage payment meant that we would have to pay a surcharge
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Recent Examples of delinquency
This sophomoric assessment of property taxes has a kernel of a good point — that a state or local government can eventually seize a home after a lengthy period of an owner’s tax delinquency.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, delinquency rates for accounts 90 days or more past due fell by 9 basis points year over year—a modest but notable improvement following annual increases since 2021.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, delinquency rates for accounts 90 days or more past due fell by 9 basis points year over year—a modest but notable improvement following annual increases since 2021.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The purpose is not to create additional late fees, but to eliminate the oldest delinquency.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquency
Noun
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After an hour of jury deliberation, Cardi was cleared on allegations of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as negligence and false imprisonment.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Overall, prosecutors identified the brands’ negligence in properly auditing their supply chain partners.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Devices have seemed to exacerbate a culture of permissible lateness these days.—
Joseph Liu,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Decades of research reviewed by the Food Research & Action Center shows that when students participate in school breakfast programs, behavior, academic performance, and academic achievement go up and tardiness goes down.—
Becky Pringle,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this week, a US judge ruled Google’s deal with Apple to make its search engine the default on all devices can continue.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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This benefits Apple as Google pays the company billions per year to be the default search engine on iPhones.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stern, who is 71, first signed with satellite radio broadcaster Sirius in 2004 (prior to its merger with XM), in part to be free of oversight by the FCC, which had levied millions of dollars in fines on terrestrial radio stations that carried his show for alleged indecency.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Delinquency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquency. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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