delinquent
adjective
failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
nondelinquent
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a word derived from
delinquent.
Example Sentences
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Thereupon Gutknecht's draft board declared him "delinquent";* six days later he was jumped ahead of nondelinquent registrants and ordered drafted.
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