Negligent

What do we mean by negligent?

Given to or characterized by neglect, especially habitual neglect. adjective

Acting with or done through negligence. adjective

Characterized by negligence or by neglectful habits; neglectful; careless; heedless; apt or accustomed to omit what ought to be done, or to do it in a careless or heedless manner: followed by of when the object of the negligence is specified: as, a negligent man; a man negligent of his duties.

Indicative of easy indifference or of disregard of conventionalities.

Synonyms Negligent, Neglectful, Remiss, Heedless, Thoughtless. inattentive, regardless, indifferent, slack. Of the first five words, remiss is the weakest; it especially applies to failure to attend to what is considered duty. Negligent is generally applied to inattention to things, neglectful to inattention to persons. Neglectful, by derivation, is stronger than negligent, but the difference is really small. Heedless, thoughtless, etc., indicate lack of heed, care, attention, thought, etc., where they are needed or due. All these words may apply to a particular occasion of failure, or indicate a habit or a trait of character; as, he is very heedless. See neglect, v., and negligence.

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention. adjective

Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention. adjective

Culpable due to negligence. adjective

Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern adjective

Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.

Culpable due to negligence.

Words that are spelled similarly to negligent:
negligent, negligenc, negligence, negligee, neglige, negligees, negliges, negligente.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word negligent:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe negligent:
more, most, little, contributory, less, own, contributorily, best, long, sovereign, worst, ignorant, least, ostentatious, non, sordid, singularly, physician, lazy, careless, english, previous, astonishingly, wilful, plain, incompetent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective negligent:
act, acts, conduct, misrepresentation, homicide, manner, driving, failure, operation, treatment, performance, infliction, hiring, manslaughter, behavior, supervision, care, attitude, party, injury, use, actions, misstatement, navigation, parents, design, action, driver, management, person, construction, advice, air, omission, administration, defendant, maintenance, escape, delay, injuries, security, servant, mother, behaviour, killing, retention, handling, misstatements, employee, breach, torts, discharge, husband, claim, ease, fashion, habits, nondisclosure, grace, practice, parent, practices, diagnosis, entrustment, officials, father, interference, misrepresentations, selection, dress, correspondent, plaintiff, manufacture, gesture, damage, wave, loss, inspection, indifference, style, tort, officers, shrug, destruction, posture, drivers, attire, profusion, claims, statements, harm, owner.

Words that sound like negligent:
negligent, negligence, negligenc, negligently, negligee, negligees, inelegant, intelligent, neglige, macilent.