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UK
/nˈɛɡlɪdʒəns/
]
[ US /ˈnɛɡɫədʒəns, ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəns/ ]
[ US /ˈnɛɡɫədʒəns, ˈnɛɡɫɪdʒəns/ ]
NOUN
- the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
- failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
How To Use negligence In A Sentence
- This is criminal negligence at best or treason at worst. The Sun
- The claim was for breach of statutory duty and negligence.
- In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.
- The author thought that the joint negligence principal offender theory can be established, and the negligence abettor or the negligence assist offender is untenable.
- The meeting resolved that teachers had no choice but to resign in protest over the government's ‘negligence’.
- The costs of such negligence are low in Japan where compensation for product liability claims is mostly derisory or non-existent.
- If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
- Still, though, the head of the investigation said there was no evidence of deliberate distortion or what Lord Butler called culpable negligence. CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2004
- Here we discuss an accident that occurred in a warehouse due to the negligence of a forklift truck driver.
- The claimant did not need to establish either gross negligence or something more serious. Times, Sunday Times