Qualities

Synonyms for delinquent

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

failing in what duty requires

The guard was delinquent in his duty that night.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

derelict

Same sentence, swapped: The guard was derelict in his duty that night.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for delinquent as it is used in the sentence above.

overdue
improper
scandalous

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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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