negligent - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'negligent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Negligent

[ a.]

- Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order.

Meaning of 'negligent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . negligent

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern

Example in sentence:

negligent in his correspondence;
negligent of detail;
negligent parents

Nearby Words:

negation negative negatived negatively negativeness negativing negativity negatory neginoth neglect

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Negligent training
Negligent training is a situation where an employer fails to train adequately, and the employee subsequently harms a third party.
Negligent Hiring
Negligent hiring means hiring employees with criminal records or other problems who then use access to customer’s homes (or similar opportunities) to commit crimes.

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