"negligent" meaning in English

See negligent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/ Audio: En-us-negligent.ogg Forms: more negligent [comparative], most negligent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|necligent}} Middle English necligent, {{der|en|fro|negligent}} Old French negligent, {{der|en|la|negligēns}} Latin negligēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)
  1. Careless or inattentive.
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  2. (law) Culpable due to negligence. Categories (topical): Law Translations (culpable due to negligence): səhlənkar (Azerbaijani), negligent (Catalan), nedbalý (Czech), nalatig (Dutch), piittaamaton (Finnish), négligent (French), neglixente (Galician), fahrlässig (German), αμελής (amelís) (Greek), gondatlan (Hungarian), negligente (Italian), немқұрайлы (nemqūraily) (Kazakh), neglegens (Latin), negligente (Portuguese), neglijent (Romanian), хала́тный (xalátnyj) (Russian), negligente (Spanish), omiso (Spanish), försumlig (Swedish), pabaya (Tagalog)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: negligent entrustment Related terms: negligence, negligently
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