How to pronounce delinquency

Listen to delinquency in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“delinquency” in real sentences

148 clips in the index · 100 American · 4 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. more violence and delinquency.

    State Department · hear it here

  2. comic books caused juvenile delinquency.

    TED-Ed · hear it here

  3. custody, child abuse, neglect, juvenile delinquency.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

  4. One is that collecting from delinquency.

    National Archives · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of delinquency. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

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