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- Dictionarynegligent/ˈnɛɡlɪdʒ(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. failing to take proper care over something: "the council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care"
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Negligent means not being careful or giving enough attention to people or things that are your responsibility. See synonyms, antonyms, and examples of negligent in different contexts, such as law, business, and academic.
Negligent means marked by or given to neglect, especially habitually or culpably, or failing to exercise the care expected of a reasonably prudent person. Learn more about the synonyms, examples, word history, and legal implications of negligent.
Negligent means not being careful or giving enough attention to your responsibilities, especially when it causes harm or loss to others. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in different contexts.
Negligent definition: guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty. See examples of NEGLIGENT used in a sentence.
Use negligent when you want to describe someone who just doesn't give a hoot. You can be negligent at work if you let the work pile up while you play computer games, or you can be negligent at home if you haven't fed your fish for six days straight.
Negligence is the failure to give enough care or attention to someone or something that you are responsible for. Learn more about the legal and business meanings of negligence, and see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Negligent means failing to do something which one ought to do, or careless and indifferent. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and word origin of negligent.
