negligence
Syllables: neg·li·gence/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/
negligence noun: the state of being negligent.
Noun
negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)
- The state of being negligent.
- negligence while driving
- The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence.1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43
- The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
- The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
negligence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
negligence in Hindi
- negligence; carelessness
- प्रमाद pramād, ग़फ़लत ġaflat
- negligence, heedlessness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, indifference
- लापरवाही lāparvāhī
- negligence, inadvertency, carelessness
- तग़ाफ़ुल taġāful
negligence in Tamil
- கவனக் குறைவு, கவனயீனம், அலட்சியம், அசாக்கிரதை, அசட்டை, அசட்டையாயிருத்தல்
negligence in Marathi
- negligence; carelessness
- प्रमाद pramād
- negligence
- गफलत gaphlat
negligence in Urdu
- negligence; carelessness
- غفلت ġaflat
More languagesFewer languages
- negligence in Bengali
- গাফলাতি gaflati
- negligence in Telugu
- నిర్లక్ష్యం nirlakṣyaṁ
- negligence in Malayalam
- അശ്രദ്ധ, ഉപേക്ഷ, അവജ്ഞ
- negligence in Punjabi
- ਸੁਸਤੀ sustī
- negligence in Gujarati
- બેદરકારી bedarkārī
- negligence in Odia
- ଅବହେଳା
- negligence in Nepali
- लापरवाही
- negligence in Pashto
- تغافل taǧāfúl
- negligence in Tagalog
- kutalay
- negligence in Vietnamese
- tính cẩu thả, sự bất cẩn
Examples of negligence in a sentence
- One who causes another's death by culpable negligence is guilty of second-degree manslaughter.
- Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.
- The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
Forms of negligence
| plural | negligences |
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Origin of negligence
From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.
Words formed from negligence
Questions about negligence
- What does negligence mean?
- Negligence means the state of being negligent.
- What is negligence in Hindi?
- Negligence in Hindi is प्रमाद (pramād), ग़फ़लत (ġaflat), लापरवाही (lāparvāhī). See Negligence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is negligence?
- Negligence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce negligence?
- Negligence is pronounced /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/.
- What is the plural of negligence?
- The plural of negligence is negligences.
Words near negligence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: negligence (page history and authors); ग़फ़लत (Hindi) (page history and authors); negligence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गफलत (Marathi) (page history and authors); غفلت (Urdu) (page history and authors); negligence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਸਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); બેદરકારી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); negligence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); negligence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); تغافل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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