delinquency

Other forms of delinquency

plural

delinquencies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about delinquency

What does delinquency mean?

delinquency means "nonpayment of a debt when due". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delinquency?

delinquency has 4 syllables: de-linq-uen-cy. The stress falls on "linq". In IPA it is /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/.

What is another word for delinquency?

Close synonyms include dereliction, willful neglect, juvenile delinquency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is delinquency a common word?

delinquency is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.