defaulted

3 definitions • 2 examples

past simple and past participle of

to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do:

default on People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.

In sport, if a team or player defaults, they allow the other side to win without playing or completing a game:

He moved into the next round after his opponent defaulted because of injury.