delinquency
B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
Criminal or antisocial behaviour, especially on the part of the young.
The programme aimed to divert teenagers from a path of persistent delinquency.
Business noun
The state of being overdue or in default on a debt obligation.
Rising credit-card delinquency rates signalled mounting stress among consumers.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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