negligent

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/

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negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

1. Careless or inattentive.

   act in a negligent manner towards his pupils

   The driver was found negligent in causing the accident.

   grossly negligent

   negligent behavior

2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

   prove someone negligent

• See also Thesaurus:careless

• negligence
• negligently

Borrowed from Latin negligentem. First attested in 1272.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nə.ɣliˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nə.ɣliˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ne.ɣliˈd͡ʒent]

negligent m or f (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

1. negligent

• negligència
• negligir

• “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “negligent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

negligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of negligō

negligent m or n (feminine singular negligentă, masculine plural negligenți, feminine and neuter plural negligente)

1. obsolete form of neglijent

• negligent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN