negligent

See also: négligent

English

Etymology

From Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.dʒənt/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
(law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:careless

Related terms

negligence

Translations

careless — see careless

culpable due to negligence

Catalan: negligent (ca)
Czech: nedbalý m
Dutch: nalatig (nl)
Finnish: piittaamaton (fi)
French: négligent (fr) m, négligente (fr) f
German: fahrlässig (de)
Greek: αμελής (el) m or f (amelís)

Hungarian: gondatlan (hu)
Italian: negligente (it)
Portuguese: negligente (pt)
Romanian: neglijent (ro)
Russian: хала́тный (ru) (xalátnyj)
Spanish: negligente (es)
Tagalog: pabaya

Latin

Verb

negligent

third-person plural future active indicative of negligō

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.