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negligentneg‧li‧gent /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ adjective   negligentOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Latin, present participle of negligere; ➔ NEGLECT1 - Kitty was characterized as a negligent mother.
- The bartender set Tad's drink down with a negligent, easy grace.
- Alternatively, the employer could be vicariously liable if Arthur was negligent in respect of his statement to Bert.
- Do not, I repeat, do not be negligent.
- He noted that the overwhelming bulk of those cases involve negligent conduct.
- However, the degree of severity of the indictment, which could range from negligent homicide to second-degree murder, remains unclear.
- If he would have received £10,000 but was found to be 25% contributorily negligent, his damages will be £7,500.
- Problems may arise where the foreman is bribed or negligent and excessive hours are claimed by the sub-contractor.
- The defendants were held to have been negligent in selling the child the petrol but the child was not contributorily negligent.
► careless not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc: · I made a few careless mistakes.· It was careless of you to leave your purse lying about.· He started getting careless about taking his medication. ► clumsy often dropping or breaking things because you move around in a careless way: · I’m so clumsy, I spilt milk all over the floor.· a clumsy child ► sloppy careless and lazy in the way you do your work or in your behaviour generally: · As a student, he was brilliant but sloppy.· I will not tolerate sloppy work. ► reckless especially written doing dangerous or stupid things without thinking about your own or other people’s safety: · The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.· His actions showed a reckless disregard for human life. ► irresponsible careless in a way that might affect other people, especially when you should be taking care of them: · It’s irresponsible for parents to let their children smoke.· his irresponsible attitude to keeping animals ► tactless carelessly saying something that upsets or embarrasses someone, without intending to do this: · He kept making tactless remarks about her appearance.· a tactless question· I thought it would be tactless to ask about her divorce. ► casual not being careful enough about something and treating it as though it is not important: · He seems to have a very casual attitude towards his work.· She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions affecting other people’s lives. ► negligent careless about something that you are responsible for, so that serious mistakes are made – used especially when someone will be officially punished for this: · The doctor was negligent in using the wrong type of needle.· They found him guilty of negligent conduct. ► guilty if someone is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong, they did it, and they should be punished for it: · She was found guilty of murder.· He was guilty of serious misconduct.· The two guilty men were ordered to pay damages to their victims. ► responsible [not before noun] used when saying who should be blamed for something bad that has happened: · Police believe a local gang is responsible for the burglaries.· As manager, he is ultimately responsible for the failure of the project.· The other driver was responsible for the accident. ► be to blame if someone is to blame for a bad situation, they are responsible: · The government is partly to blame for the crisis.· If anything goes wrong, it’s never him that is to blame. ► culpable formal responsible for something bad or illegal, so that you deserve to be blamed or punished: · The people who helped the terrorists are equally culpable for what happened on July 7th.· He pleaded guilty to culpable homicide (=being guilty of causing someone’s death). ► negligent [not usually before noun] responsible for something bad that has happened, because you did not take enough care, or you did not try to stop it from happening: · The court decided that the railway company was negligent. ► be in the wrong to be responsible for an accident, mistake etc – used when deciding which person, group etc should be blamed: · The other driver was clearly in the wrong.· She always thinks it’s me who is in the wrong. ► incriminating used about things which seem to show that someone is guilty of a crime: · incriminating evidence· incriminating documents· He didn’t want to say anything incriminating. NOUN► act· The statute referred to relatives having a claim for damages when a person died from injuries sustained because of a negligent act.· This is the exception, however, and normally the plaintiff must prove the negligent act or omission.· He had only become involved after the defendant's negligent act.· Here the discussion is confined to more general types of tortious liability, such as that arising from negligent acts or omissions. 1not taking enough care over something that you are responsible for, with the result that serious mistakes are made SYN irresponsible OPP responsiblenegligent in (doing) something The report stated that Dr Brady had been negligent in not giving the patient a full examination. Mr Brown was found guilty of negligent driving.► see thesaurus at careless, guilty2literary a negligent manner or way of dressing is careless, but in a pleasantly relaxed way: He gave a negligent shrug.—negligently adverb |