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单词 negligent
释义
negligent
adjective
uk
/ˈneɡ.lɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈneɡ.lə.dʒənt/
C2
not beingcarefulor giving enoughattentiontopeopleor things that areyourresponsibility:
疏忽的，失职的
Thejudgesaid that theteacherhad been negligentinallowingthechildrentoswimindangerouswater.法官说允许孩子们在危险水域游泳是教师的失职。
Synonym
remissformal
Opposite
diligent
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not taking or showing enough care and attention
  • carelessThat was careless of you.
  • sloppySpelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
  • slapdashHis work is always hurried and slapdash.
  • rashThat was a rash decision - you didn't think about the costs involved.
  • thoughtlessThe Prime Minister made a thoughtless remark about the environment.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Neglecting and ignoring
  • beneath the/someone'sradaridiom
  • blocksomethingout
  • brushsomeone/somethingoff
  • bury/haveyourhead in the sandidiom
  • bypass
  • crack
  • ear
  • lay
  • let goidiom
  • let sleeping dogs lieidiom
  • letsomethinggo/passidiom
  • letsomethingrideidiom
  • look straight/right throughsomeoneidiom
  • nose
  • setsomethingaside
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • shutyoureyes tosomethingidiom
  • silent
  • the silent treatmentidiom
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Related word

negligently
(Definition ofnegligentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

negligent| American Dictionary

negligent
adjective
us
/ˈneɡ·lɪ·dʒənt/
failingto becarefulenough or to give enoughattentiontoyourresponsibilities,esp. when thisresultsinharmorlosstoothers

negligence

noun[U]us
/ˈneɡ·lə·dʒəns/
Shechargedherlandlordwith negligence for notrepairingleaksthatruinedherrugs.
(Definition ofnegligentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

negligent| Business English

negligent
adjective
LAW
uk
/ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/us
not giving enoughcareorattentionto someone or something that you areresponsiblefor:
It wasnecessarytoprovethat themanagerhad been negligent.
be negligent in (doing) sthThecourtruledthat thecompanywas negligent inmanufacturing,selling, andtestingitsproduct.
criminally/grosslynegligent
(Definition ofnegligentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnegligent

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Negligentmistakes can be penalized as lesser included public-welfare offences with monetary disincentives.
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The natural lottery rule suggests that eachnegligentparty is under a duty to compensate the victim for the full extent of harm suffered.
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If negligence is itself wrongdoing and the parties are equallynegligent, then-it might be argued-the liability of the parties ought to be similar.
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It seems prima facie arbitrary that two equallynegligentparties who differ in their luckiness may be liable for vastly different amounts.
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A man need not possess the highest expert skill at the risk of being foundnegligent.
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Furthermore, this account is not adequate to explain excusable, justifiable, ornegligentomission.
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In analyzing the duties that we owe to wrongdoers, it is useful to distinguish between intentional wrongdoers andnegligentwrongdoers.
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But to provide a basic account ofnegligentomission as such, we need to focus on the omission itself, not its consequences.
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Or the fault could have been caused bynegligentworkmanship.
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Finally, wrongful life suits permit children to sue their parents for callous ornegligentcreation, whereas, their counterparts focus only upon medical misfeasance.
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Therefore, in most cases in which persons could alter their conduct to protectnegligentpersons from self-injur y they have no duty to do so.
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Employers would pay not because they werenegligent, but because accidents were inherent in an industrial society and therefore a cost of doing business.
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I think that she does have such a right, even if she was contributorilynegligentin having created the risk.
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In such a case, two people may disagree whether a defendant's behavior wasnegligent.
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He could not prove which of the twonegligenthunters had actually injured him and which had missed him.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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