as in negligence
failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes
as a result of the mother's chronic neglectfulness of their welfare, the children were placed in foster care
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Plaintiffs in the Los Angeles bellwether and related cases have sought to get around those protections by relying on claims about corporate negligence and flawed product design, similar to those brought against opioid maker Purdue Pharma in recent years and Big Tobacco in the 1990s.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Google similarly denies any claims of negligence.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2026
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State child welfare workers declined to open investigations into abuse or neglect in these instances, yet referred them to law enforcement anyway.—
Shoshana Walter,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Several cool props gestured to historical infrastructural neglect and botched Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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Coach Sean Miller will focus on his team's carelessness with the ball at half; Texas has nine turnovers compared to two for Auburn.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Jan. 2026
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The other was carelessness that led to Gonzalez’s clean look.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Neglectfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neglectfulness. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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