Defaulter
(noun)
- A person who fails to fulfill a financial obligation, such as a loan payment or bill.
- A person who fails to meet an expectation, responsibility, or duty.
Origin:
From the verb default, meaning to fail to fulfill a duty or responsibility, and the suffix -er, indicating a person who performs an action.
Examples:
- The bank repossessed his car after he became a persistent defaulter on his loan payments.
- The company fired her for being a chronic defaulter on her project deadlines.
- He was a notorious defaulter, never paying his debts on time and leaving a trail of angry creditors in his wake.
- She was a reluctant defaulter, only defaulting on her loan because of unexpected medical bills.
- The government declared him a defaulter for failing to pay his taxes and seized his assets.