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negligent

[neg-li-juhnt]

adjective

  1. guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty.

    negligent officials.

    Synonyms:
  2. lazily careless; offhand.

    a negligent wave of his manicured hand.



negligent

/ ˈɛɡɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. habitually neglecting duties, responsibilities, etc; lacking attention, care, or concern; neglectful

  2. careless or nonchalant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • negligently adverb
  • nonnegligent adjective
  • nonnegligently adverb
  • overnegligent adjective
  • overnegligently adverb
  • prenegligent adjective
  • quasi-negligent adjective
  • supernegligent adjective
  • supernegligently adverb
  • unnegligent adjective
  • ˈԱ𲵱Գٱ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of negligent1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, variant of necligent, from Latin necligent-, negligent-, stem of Ա𲵱ŧԲ “disregarding,” present participle of negligere, variant of neglegere “to disregard, ignore, slight”; neglect
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Nottinghamshire Police also confirmed last week a corporate manslaughter investigation was under way to determine whether maternity care provided by the trust had been grossly negligent.

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Judge Liman's dismissal comes a week after Lively asked to withdraw two of the claims in her suit against Baldoni - intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

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Lively is trying to drop claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, the publication added.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the girl's death was "extremely shameful" and demanded that strict action be taken against negligent officers.

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The former players claim the governing bodies were negligent in failing to take reasonable action to protect them from serious brain injuries.

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