negligent

See also: négligent

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/
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Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

  1. Careless or inattentive.
  2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
careless — see careless

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negligentem. First attested in 1272.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

negligent m or f (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

  1. negligent

References
  • “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  1. “negligent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Latin

Verb

negligent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of negligō

Romanian

Adjective

negligent m or n (feminine singular negligentă, masculine plural negligenți, feminine and neuter plural negligente)

  1. Obsolete form of neglijent.

Declension
Declension of negligent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite negligent negligentă negligenți negligente
definite negligentul negligenta negligenții negligentele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite negligent negligente negligenți negligente
definite negligentului negligentei negligenților negligentelor

References
  • negligent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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