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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
Listen to this article A lawsuit accusing Spectrum News 13’s parent company of negligence in the fatal shooting of one of its reporters in Pine Hills is asking for at least $1.7 million in noneconomic damages as well as punitive damages.
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Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
The lawsuit accuses Los Angeles County, the sheriff’s department and the range’s manufacturer of negligence, citing unsafe conditions that led to the fire.
—Miami Herald, 24 May 2025
The 39-year-old Brand is on trial for the attack and Jayden’s family has filed a lawsuit against the review board alleging negligence in the case.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The causes of his discipline included gross negligence, inadequate audit documentation and failure to comply with professional standards.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
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Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
The lawsuit accuses Los Angeles County, the sheriff’s department and the range’s manufacturer of negligence, citing unsafe conditions that led to the fire.
—Miami Herald, 24 May 2025
The 39-year-old Brand is on trial for the attack and Jayden’s family has filed a lawsuit against the review board alleging negligence in the case.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The causes of his discipline included gross negligence, inadequate audit documentation and failure to comply with professional standards.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
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The building sustained damage from neglect and vandalism, which prompted Carbone to take the owners to court to request making Torrington the receiver of the inn to find a new developer.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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To report incidents of animal neglect and abuse, contact the Cruelty Hotline at 866-601-7722.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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When the administration announced the proclamation on Wednesday, Trump argued that Harvard’s failure to disclose information on international student misconduct threatened national security.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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While human error is the leading cause of data loss, other causes include hardware failure, theft, software corruption, viruses, natural disasters and power failure.—
Chongwei Chen,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Such a shift would require significant changes to the student loan system and federal oversight of colleges.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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These platforms typically integrate with existing enterprise infrastructure—such as warehouse management systems and ERP software—to unify data streams and enable coordinated oversight.—
Florian Pestoni,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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As a result, Temu shoppers would avoid Trump's tariffs on their orders by default, but at the cost of a narrow inventory of products.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Today, text messages and disappearing voice notes have replaced letters between close friends, Instagram Stories vanish by default, and encrypted platforms such as Signal, where social movements flourish, let users automatically erase messages.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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