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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
The couple brought a medical negligence claim against Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Patel’s complaint against FanDuel includes claims for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy, and deceptive and unfair trade practices.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The parents of the three girls who died filed a negligence lawsuit in December against Waterfront Construction, the Miami company that owns the tug and barge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
That lawsuit alleged the crash was the result of negligence, mismanagement and the reckless operation of a vessel that was not seaworthy and should never have left port.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Patel’s complaint against FanDuel includes claims for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conspiracy, and deceptive and unfair trade practices.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The parents of the three girls who died filed a negligence lawsuit in December against Waterfront Construction, the Miami company that owns the tug and barge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
That lawsuit alleged the crash was the result of negligence, mismanagement and the reckless operation of a vessel that was not seaworthy and should never have left port.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligence
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Washington’s neglect of his Indian allies continued after the battle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Appearing on America's Newsroom, Crean Lutheran High School girls’ track and field athlete Olivia Viola addressed CIF's ongoing neglect of female athletes' calls to oust boys from competition, including AB Hernandez.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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The company has built its identity around taking AI safety more seriously than its rivals, creating sky-high expectations for model security that jar with its apparent carelessness; the fact that Mythos was exposed through such a basic and predictable failure only underscores that.—
Robert Hart,
The Verge,
23 Apr. 2026
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Most bark problems come from carelessness from mowing or weed-eating too close to the tree, stripping off the bark and allowing entry.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Virginia house of burgesses voted to thank him and the militia for their service, with the lawmakers attributing the defeat to the failure of the other colonies to come to Virginia’s aid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Rory McIlroy thinks back on three holes — his failure to birdie the par-5 ninth and the par-5 16th, and a big miss in his biggest moment.—
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ABC News,
19 May 2026
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These systems demonstrated the ability to generate coherent legal text and assist with analytical tasks, while also highlighting important limitations—particularly around hallucinated citations and the need for human oversight.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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But despite its dramatic landscape and centuries-old connection to water, snorkeling rarely makes the list—an oversight perhaps, as Silfra, one of the world’s most extraordinary underwater experiences, lies hidden in plain sight.—
Carinne Geil Botta,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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This bypass works only in the Windows 11 default mode of BitLocker, which stores decryption keys in the TPM.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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If you’re disappointed by the operating-room like cleanliness of the default garage space in these games, especially creative players now have the ability to decorate the area, Halo Forge-mode-style, by placing props and moving their vehicles around the room.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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