delinquent

Meanings

1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
3. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
2. A person who has not paid their debts.
3. A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.