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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley