About The Word Negligent

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Negligent

Negligent Meaning & Definition
Negligent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Negligent?

[adj] marked by insufficient care or attention; "a negligent housekeeper"; "negligent about personal cleanliness"
[adj] characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Negligent: careless | delinquent | derelict | hit-and-run(a) | inattentive | lax | neglectful | remiss | slack

Related Terms | Find terms related to Negligent: apathetic | approximate | approximative | ataractic | beat-up | bedraggled | behindhand | blase | blowzy | botched | bungled | butchered | careless | casual | chintzy | culpably negligent | delinquent | derelict | devil-may-care | dilapidated | disinterested | dispassionate | disregardant | disregardful | distracted | distrait | drabbletailed | draggled | draggletailed | easy | easygoing | feckless | frowzy | frumpish | frumpy | fumbled | grasshopper | grubby | happy-go-lucky | heedless | ill-advised | ill-considered | ill-contrived | ill-devised | ill-done | ill-executed | ill-managed | impolitic | impotent | imprecise | improvident | in rags | inaccurate | inadvertent | inattentive | inconsiderate | inconstant | incorrect | incurious | indifferent | inexact | inexcitable | informal | inobservant | insouciant | lackadaisical | laissez-faire | lax | lenient | listless | loose | lumpen | messy | mindless | misconducted | misdirected | misguided | mismanaged | muffed | murdered | mussy | neglectful | neglecting | nonadherent | nonchalant | noncompliant | nonconforming | noninterfering | nonobservant | nonrestrictive | off-guard | out of line | out of plumb | out of square | out of true | overindulgent | overly permissive | overpermissive | perfunctory | permissive | pococurante | poky | procrastinating | ragged | raggedy | reckless | regardless | relaxed | remiss | ruinous | scamping | scraggly | seedy | shabby | shiftless | shoddy | skimping | slack | slatternly | slighting | slipshod | sloppy | slovenly | slurring | sluttish | soft | sordid | spoiled | squalid | tacky | tattered | thoughtless | thriftless | turned-off | unanxious | uncircumspect | uncompliant | unconcerned | unconforming | undiscriminating | uneconomical | unfactual | unfaithful | unguarded | unheedful | unheeding | uninterested | unkempt | unloyal | unmarking | unmindful | unneat | unnoticing | unnoting | unobservant | unobserving | unprecise | unproviding | unremarking | unrestrained | unrigorous | unsightly | unsolicitous | unthinking | unthrifty | untidy | untrue | unwary | unwatchful | weak

See Also |

Negligent In Webster's Dictionary

\Neg"li*gent\, a. [F. n['e]gligent, L. negligens,p. pr. of negligere. See {Neglect}.] Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. ``Be thou negligent of fame.'' --Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. --Rambler. Syn: Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss.

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