Delinquent
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws. a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.
Example sentence: When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
Derelict
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected.Negligent in performing a duty.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Abandoned property; a ship abandoned at sea.An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.A negligent person.
Example sentence: I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.