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delinquent

adjective as in overdue, unpaid

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noun as in person who is late paying bills

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Borrowers who are 50 and older are more likely than other age groups to be seriously delinquent on their loans, according to the New York Fed.

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“We are not delinquents, we are not bad people, we are here to work to support our family.”

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“It’s not that the CDC was delinquent,” Benjamin said.

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The idea of teenage delinquents in ducktail haircuts strolling through the Manhattan slums, clicking their fingers in unison and protecting their turf, was already quaint lore from the half-forgotten Eisenhower era.

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During Easter week, the pope chose to perform the traditional washing of others’ feet in a facility for juvenile delinquents.

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