Definitionadj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern
Last update: October 30, 2015
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He gave us a negligent answer. [adjective]
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But if he be negligent, and careless in teaching them, let him be deposed from his office, after the third admonition. [adjective]
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A split in liability was agreed by the parties that she was 25 per cent contributory negligent for the accident. [adjective]
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If she becomes the property of a churlish or negligent husband, she will suit his taste also, for she will not long survive his unkindness. [adjective]
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Yet, amid these marks of distress there was nothing negligent or ill-arranged about her attire; even her hair, though totally without ornament, was disposed with her usual attention to neatness. [adjective]
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This consisted of about a hundred Highlanders, in complete dress and arms; at sight of whom the Chieftain apologised to Waverley in a sort of negligent manner. [adjective]
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Home-life and its trustful love permitted the negligent attire in which she appeared. [adjective]
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--There, then," he said, after having made his ablutions, "admit the worshipful envoys; they will now, I think, scarcely see that disease has made Richard negligent of his person. [adjective]
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You're negligent in your duties. [Please select]
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His architect seems to have been rather negligent in his measurements, because the tomb of S. [Please select]
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This may have made him negligent of Justinian and unjust to Rome as a whole. [Please select]
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