Associations to the word «Negligent»

Wiktionary

NEGLIGENT, adjective. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
NEGLIGENT, adjective. (legal) Culpable due to negligence.
NEGLIGENT ENTRUSTMENT, noun. (legal) A tort cause of action that arises where a party is injured because the other party entrusted a dangerous instrumentality (such as a vehicle or a weapon) to a person whom the other party knew or reasonably should have known should not be trusted with that instrumentality.

Dictionary definition

NEGLIGENT, adjective. Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke