delinquent

Example Sentences

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More than three million federal student-loan borrowers recently fell into default status, meaning they haven’t made payments in more than 270 days, and many more were seriously delinquent on payments, according to Education Department data.

From The Wall Street Journal

Is this place always a ghost town, or do they clear it out whenever one of their delinquents is going to show up so the regular people don’t have to mingle with the bad guys?

From Literature

“Get them as far back as you can, and keep paying perfectly. You don’t have to pay extra, but you can’t have anything be delinquent.”

From MarketWatch

The settlement specified that Iswarienko would hand over his photographs no later than Sept. 1, 2024, making him “14 months delinquent.”

From MarketWatch

By law, federal agencies are able to order a nonfederal employer to withhold up to 15% of an employee’s income to pay a delinquent debt, according to the U.S.

From Barron's