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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
Hardworking Californians should not pick up the tab for Edison's negligence.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The Justice Department filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison (SCE) alleging the power provider’s negligence contributed to the deadly Eaton and Fairview fires in the Golden State earlier this year and in 2022, respectively.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
After an hour of jury deliberation, Cardi was cleared on allegations of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as negligence and false imprisonment.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Overall, prosecutors identified the brands’ negligence in properly auditing their supply chain partners.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
The Justice Department filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison (SCE) alleging the power provider’s negligence contributed to the deadly Eaton and Fairview fires in the Golden State earlier this year and in 2022, respectively.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
After an hour of jury deliberation, Cardi was cleared on allegations of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as negligence and false imprisonment.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Overall, prosecutors identified the brands’ negligence in properly auditing their supply chain partners.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
Noun
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Common causes include legacy storage, a lack of metadata and cost‑driven neglect.—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Recently, fans and the media have been focusing more on him due to his recurring mistakes, apparently caused by carelessness with and without the ball, as well as his spotty health record.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 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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Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stern, who is 71, first signed with satellite radio broadcaster Sirius in 2004 (prior to its merger with XM), in part to be free of oversight by the FCC, which had levied millions of dollars in fines on terrestrial radio stations that carried his show for alleged indecency.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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To protect data at rest, full-device encryption should be mandatory; contemporary iOS and Android devices support this by default.—
Mike Rosen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Surveys suggest consumer confidence has dipped and auto loan defaults and repossessions are on the rise.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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