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delinquent – 104 results
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thief(part of speech: noun)
robber, highwayman, thief, housebreaker, burglar, pirate, crook, larcener, cat burglar, lawbreaker, thug, swindler, prowler, mugger, lifter, grafter, culprit, hijacker, evildoer, stealer, felon, outlaw, larcenist, filcher, poacher, villain, criminal, pickpocket
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inopportune(part of speech: adjective)
premature, inopportune, infelicitous, inconvenient, inappropriate, unpunctual, inexpedient, awkward, untimely, belated, inauspicious
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late(part of speech: adjective)
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inexpedient(part of speech: adjective)
unsatisfactory, unfit, undesirable, inexpedient, inefficient, unsuitable, mistimed, disadvantageous, untimely, inconvenient, inept
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untimely(part of speech: adjective)
tardy, belated, overdue, mistimed, inopportune, late, unpunctual, untimely, inauspicious, inexpedient, infelicitous, premature, inconvenient
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villain(part of speech: noun)
sneak, knave, traitor, defrauder, mischief-maker, blackguard, evildoer, rogue, miscreant, scamp, villain, cheat, rapscallion, scalawag, shyster, trickster, bad guy, lowlife, bastard, devil, rascal, heel, swindler, gyp
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Other synonyms:
juvenile delinquent, remiss, owed, derelict, incorrigible, negligent, guilty, overdue, neglectful, due
Examples of usage:
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He was speaking of delinquent girls from seventeen to twenty years old in Wapping Workhouse: " I have never yet ascertained why a refractory habit should affect the tonsils and the uvula; but I have always observed that refractories of both sexes and every grade, between a Ragged School and the Old Bailey, have one voice, in which the tonsils and uvula gain a diseased ascendency." - "Civics and Health", William H. Allen.
