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negligence
  1. The state of being negligent.
  2. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
  3. (law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The case concerned a claim for damages arising from the negligence of a solicitor instructed in a conveyancing transaction.”
      “Yes, this is due to my own negligence, but a helpful reminder from a travel agent would make all the difference.”
      “There may be no negligence in the driving of the motor vehicle but there still be cover provided by the policy.”
neglect
  1. The act of neglecting.
  2. The state of being neglected.
  3. Habitual lack of care.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The palace grounds, which had for long years past been allowed to sink into a sad state of neglect, had now become a mere jungle.”
      “The neglect of sound moral habits will result in negative social consequences.”
      “He was filled with dread at having his ears filled with complaints of Frank's constant neglect in his duties.”
negligibility
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being negligible.
  2. (countable) Something of little importance.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “These relations are parametered by fuzzy sets which provide a semantics for the notions of negligibility and closeness.”
      “The subsequent researches have proved, however, negligibility of practical conclusions from this opening.”
      “Then we have the Celibidaches, who cast their heavy spell on the musical public but who, on closer examination, evanesce into negligibility.”
neglecter
  1. A person who neglects, or takes no notice of something
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Though she didn't overtly mistreat my mother, I'm fairly certain that my mother saw her as a neglecter.”
      “Handel resembles Lully somewhat in his reputation for being a lover of the table and a neglecter of womankind.”
      Neglecter driver also remove his car to the sidewalks and continuing to his way in cold blood.”
neglectfulness
  1. The characteristic of being neglectful.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Luciano's death, at the end of the film, is shocking because it makes evident that the characters are at the mercy of their own neglectfulness.”
      “She knew instinctively that goodwill grows in a spirit of thoughtfulness and is blighted by neglectfulness.”
      “Does her submissiveness, or non-assertiveness, or craving for paternal or male affection even at the cost of her own dreams and desires, arise from the distance or the neglectfulness of her father?”
negligibleness
neglectedness
  1. The quality of being neglected.
neglectee
  1. One who is neglected.
negligency
neglectfulnesses
negligibilities
negligences
negligencies
  1. plural of negligency
neglecters
neglectees
  1. plural of neglectee
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