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1. (adj.) negligent
guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty:
negligent officials.
2. negligent
careless and indifferent; offhand:
a negligent shrug.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L negligent-, s. of negligēns, prp. of negligere, neglegere to neglect)
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| Definition of 'negligent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) negligent
characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern
"negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) negligent
apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order
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Sense: carelessness
The accident was caused by the driver's negligence.
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 Afrikaans: nalatig |
 Arabic: مُهْمِل |
 Bulgarian: невнимателен |
 Brazilian: negligente |
 Czech: nedbalý |
 German: nachlässig |
 Danish: uagtsom |
 Greek: αμέλης, απρόσεχτος |
 Spanish: negligente |
 Estonian: lohakas |
 Farsi: بی دقت |
 Finnish: huolimaton |
 French: négligent |
 Hebrew: בְּרַשלָנוּת |
 Hindi: बेपरवाह |
 Croatian: nemaran, ležeran |
 Hungarian: hanyag |
 Indonesian: lalai |
 Icelandic: kærulaus |
 Italian: negligente |
 Japanese: 怠慢な |
 Korean: 태만한 |
 Lithuanian: aplaidus, nerūpestingas |
 Latvian: nevērīgs; nolaidīgs |
 Malay: cuai |
 Dutch: onachtzaam |
 Norwegian: skjødesløs, uaktsom |
 Polish: niedbały |
 Persian: بی دقت |
 Pashto: بى توجه |
 Portuguese: negligente |
 Romanian: neglijent |
 Russian: небрежный |
 Slovak: nedbalý |
 Slovenian: malomaren |
 Serbian: nepažljiv |
 Swedish: försumlig, slarvig, vårds |
 Thai: โดยเผลอไป |
 Turkish: ihmalkâr, dikkatsiz |
 Taiwanese: 疏忽的 |
 Ukrainian: недбалий; халатний |
 Urdu: بے پروا |
 Vietnamese: cẩu thả |
 Chinese: 疏忽的 |
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