Qualities

Synonyms for delinquent

The synonym for delinquent recorded in this bank is derelict, in the sense "failing in what duty requires". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for delinquent

derelictadjective, in the sense "failing in what duty requires"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day delinquent is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

failing in what duty requires

The guard was delinquent in his duty that night.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

derelict

Same sentence, swapped: The guard was derelict in his duty that night.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

overdue
improper
scandalous

Where delinquent turns up in the game

delinquent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play delinquent

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so delinquent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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