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as in neglectfulness
failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes
exhibiting his usual negligence, he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone pole
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as in neglect
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
the factory's owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers
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Recent Examples of negligence
Except in cases where investigators can show gross negligence — undeniably reckless driving — a deadly vehicle crash is a misdemeanor offense in California.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
This evidence was instrumental in establishing negligence.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Their comments came just a few weeks after a court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the singer’s passing after a fall from a third-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina last October.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2025
The town council maintained its innocence, however, denying there was any link between the waste materials and the birth defects and refuting claims of negligence during the reclamation project.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
This evidence was instrumental in establishing negligence.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Their comments came just a few weeks after a court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the singer’s passing after a fall from a third-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina last October.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2025
The town council maintained its innocence, however, denying there was any link between the waste materials and the birth defects and refuting claims of negligence during the reclamation project.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
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But ensuring they will be cared for properly can be difficult — especially if operators and providers accused of neglect and abuse are able to fly under the radar.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Both were charged in 2019 with neglect of a dependent.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Related article Research team reports longest successful transplant of a pig kidney into a human A successful pig liver transplant would be a major advance for people with acute liver failure, even as a temporary bridge while awaiting a human donor organ.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Parading out amendments destined for failure is not leadership.—
Christopher Eric Bouchat,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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Reducing the department's workforce may hinder the oversight and implementation of federal educational programs, potentially disrupting services that support schools, educators, and students nationwide.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Carla Peterman, a PG&E corporate affairs officer, told lawmakers at an oversight hearing last month that $86 million of its 2024 profit went back to investors.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The pattern of being competitive had been indubitably laid into the foundations of each AGI, either by default or by purposeful intent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Thompson also worries that a sudden vacuum in such information could lead to a spike in loan defaults.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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