What (who) is negligent - definition

FAILURE TO EXERCISE THE CARE THAT A REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSON WOULD EXERCISE IN LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES

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Negligent

·adj Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order.

negligent

Careless (habitually), thoughtless, heedless, remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful, indifferent.

negligent

If someone in a position of responsibility is negligent, they do not do something which they ought to do.

The jury determined that the airline was negligent in training and supervising the crew...

The Council had acted in a negligent manner.

ADJ

• negligently

A manufacturer negligently made and marketed a car with defective brakes.

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Wikipedia

Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and/or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by failing to act as a form of carelessness possibly with extenuating circumstances. The core concept of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care in their actions, by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause to other people or property.

Someone who suffers loss caused by another's negligence may be able to sue for damages to compensate for their harm. Such loss may include physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, or economic loss. The law on negligence may be assessed in general terms according to a five-part model which includes the assessment of duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages.

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Pronunciation examples for negligent

1. that's negligent.

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2. somebody was negligent.

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3. That just is negligent.

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4. by negligent regulatory agencies, pernicious zoning

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5. that we're in effect being negligent

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Examples of use of negligent

1. But on Saturday he was convicted instead of negligent homicide and negligent dereliction of duty.

2. The indictments, filed after the three were given a hearing, are for negligent homicide and negligent injury.

3. Negligent homicide Initially charged with murder, assault and wilful dereliction of duty at his court–martial at Fort Carson, Welshofer was found guilty of negligent homicide and negligent dereliction of duty.

4. "One cannot conspire to be negligent," they said.

5. "I do not agree that. . . . we have been negligent," Obasanjo said, adding that if his country had been negligent, Taylor would not have been arrested.