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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
In addition to assault and battery, Navarro joined Avery and Perkins in suing Farrell for intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and indemnity and contribution.
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Ashley Hume , Tracy Wright , Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Navarro is suing Farrell for intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 16 July 2025
The lawsuit seeks damages and brings claims of battery, negligence and false imprisonment.
—Nathan Pilling
july 19, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
Mitchell said that in civil cases where civil negligence is raised, a lawyer would have to show that someone's carelessness caused harm to another person, such as running a red light and hitting someone.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
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Ashley Hume , Tracy Wright , Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Navarro is suing Farrell for intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 16 July 2025
The lawsuit seeks damages and brings claims of battery, negligence and false imprisonment.
—Nathan Pilling
july 19, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025
Mitchell said that in civil cases where civil negligence is raised, a lawyer would have to show that someone's carelessness caused harm to another person, such as running a red light and hitting someone.
—Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
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Police always investigate a drowning to rule out cases of abuse or extreme neglect, but an absent-minded parent accidentally forgetting to lock the pool gate or door to the backyard was unlikely to land them behind bars, Hoskin said.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Not only in the United States, where academic medical centers (AMCs) are strained by politics, profit models and bureaucracy—but also in countries like Mexico, where health systems are crumbling under neglect and underfunding.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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But all of that absolves Luzardo from a basic failure.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Critics of the strikes jumped at the opportunity to call the operation a failure, but the DIA’s product should ...—
NR Editors,
National Review,
24 July 2025
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My experience shows that with careful planning, responsible AI practices and human oversight, agentic AI not only addresses today’s support challenges but also paves the way for entirely new service models.—
Varun Milind Kulkarni,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Arizona passed a law creating an independent oversight office for state prisons.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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Casual doxing—revealing someone’s IRL identity—is now a default, because there’s no clear boundary between our lives online and off.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
23 July 2025
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Root Cause: Logs were written to ephemeral container storage using Docker's default configuration and were lost when the container restarted.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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