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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
Green Bay reaped the benefits of the negligence of rival squads, adding one of the best players in football to a roster that already had Super Bowl potential prior to even acquiring Parsons.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Some homicides aren’t charged as murder or manslaughter cases, such as a July arson death ruled to have been reckless and deadly negligence, further obscuring a definitive number.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Believing in curiosity over negligence turns potential conflict into an opportunity for collaboration.
—Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The lawsuit alleges a lack of informed consent and negligence, specifically the failure to implement preventative measures against blood clots, contributed to his death.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Some homicides aren’t charged as murder or manslaughter cases, such as a July arson death ruled to have been reckless and deadly negligence, further obscuring a definitive number.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Believing in curiosity over negligence turns potential conflict into an opportunity for collaboration.
—Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The lawsuit alleges a lack of informed consent and negligence, specifically the failure to implement preventative measures against blood clots, contributed to his death.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
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Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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The sequence is incredibly disturbing, underlining the carelessness with which Prodigy has been treating these overgrown children.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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His tenure has been defined by a focus on legal oversight and progressive policy priorities, leaving him among the most influential House Democrats of his generation.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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But as the architects of Let’s Move learned, handshake deals don’t carry the same weight as regulatory oversight.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
1 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this week, a US judge ruled Google’s deal with Apple to make its search engine the default on all devices can continue.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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This benefits Apple as Google pays the company billions per year to be the default search engine on iPhones.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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