There's no room for excuses when it comes to your negligence, is there?
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Negligence
//ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns//
Synonyms for "negligence" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (52)
flippancyforgetfulnessfrivolousnessfrowzinessfrumpishnessgiddinessgrubbinesshastinessheedlessnessimpolicyimpotenceimprecisionimprovidenceinaccuracyinaccuratenessinadvertenceinadvertencyinattentioninattentivenessinconsideration
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incorrectnessincuriosityindifferenceindiscriminationinexactitudeinexactnessinexcitabilityinexpedienceinexpediencyinobservanceinsouciancelacheslack of affectlackadaisicalnesslaissez fairelaissez-fairelapselax stewardshiplaxitylaxnessleniencylevitylightmindednesslistlessnessloosenesslooseningmaladministrationmalfeasancemalpracticemessinessmindlessnessmisadministration
Related words (88)
misconductmisdirectionmisfeasancemisgovernmentmisguidancemishandlingmismanagementmisruleneglectfulnessnonadherencenonchalancenoncompliancenonconformancenonconformitynonfeasancenonfulfillmentnoninterferencenonobservancenonperformancenonrestriction
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obliviousnessomissionoscitancyoverindulgenceoverlookingoverpermissivenessoversightpermissivenesspococurantismpoor husbandrypoor stewardshippredictable errorprobable errorprocrastinationrecklessnessregardlessnessrelaxationrelaxednessremissnessseedinessshabbinessshallownessshiftlessnessshoddinessslacknessslatternlinessslightslipshodnesssloppinessslothslovenlinessslovenrysluttishnesssoftnesssordidnesssqualidnesssqualorstandard deviationsuperficialitytackinesstawdrinessthoughtlessnessthriftlessnesstoleranceunalertnessunanxiousnessunawarenessunconcernunconsciousnessuncorrectnessunfactualnessunheedfulnessunintentivenessunmindfulnessunneatnessunobservanceunprecisenessunrestraintunrigorousnessunsolicitousnessuntidinessunwarinessunwatchfulnessweaknesswrongdoing
Noun(3 words)
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9 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμέλεια noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Armenian
1 entries- անփութություն noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Bengali
1 entries- গাফলাতি noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Bulgarian
2 entries- немарливост noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- нехайство noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Catalan
1 entries- negligència noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 失職 /失职 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- 疏忽 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- 過失 /过失 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Czech
1 entries- nedbalost noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Dutch
2 entries- achteloosheid noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- nalatigheid noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Finnish
4 entries- heitteillejättö noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- huolimattomuus noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- piittaamattomuus noun (state of being negligent)
- tuottamus noun (tort)
French
1 entries- négligence coupable noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Georgian
1 entries- დაუდევრობა noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
German
3 entries- Fahrlässigkeit noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- Nachlässigkeit noun (state of being negligent)
- Unachtsamkeit noun (state of being negligent)
Greek
1 entries- αμέλεια noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Hebrew
2 entries- רַשְׁלָנוּת noun (tort)
- רַשְׁלָנוּת noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Interlingua
1 entries- negligentia noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Italian
1 entries- negligenza noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Japanese
2 entries- 疎か noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- 過失 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Korean
2 entries- 과실 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- 소홀 noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Latin
3 entries- incūria noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- indiligentia noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- neglegentia noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uaktsomhet noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Old English
1 entries- rēċelēasnes noun (state of being negligent)
Polish
1 entries- niedbalstwo noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Portuguese
1 entries- negligência noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Romanian
2 entries- delăsare noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- neglijență noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Russian
1 entries- хала́тность noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Spanish
3 entries- negligencia noun (state of being negligent)
- negligencia noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- pigricia noun (state of being negligent)
Tagalog
1 entries- kutalay noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Telugu
1 entries- నిర్లక్ష్యం noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Tocharian B
1 entries- ykorñe noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự bất cẩn noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
- tính cẩu thả noun (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The accident stemmed from her negligence.
Source: tatoeba (47086)
The accident happened because of the driver's negligence.
Source: tatoeba (47112)
The accident was due to the negligence of the caretaker.
Source: tatoeba (47139)
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