"negligent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/ Audio: En-us-negligent.ogg [US] 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, {{m|enm|negligent}} negligent, {{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.
    Sense id: en-negligent-en-adj-vhlXwQnN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  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), försumlig (Swedish), pabaya (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-negligent-en-adj-BBkp7Pc4 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'culpable due to negligence': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: negligent entrustment Related terms: negligence, negligently

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      "sense": "culpable due to negligence",
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      "sense": "culpable due to negligence",
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      "sense": "culpable due to negligence",
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      "sense": "culpable due to negligence",
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