negligence
noun
[ ˈnɛɡlɪdʒ(ə)ns ]
• failure to take proper care over something.
• "his injury was due to the negligence of his employers"
Similar:
carelessness,
lack of care,
dereliction of duty,
non-performance of duty,
non-fulfilment of duty,
remissness,
neglectfulness,
neglect,
laxity,
laxness,
irresponsibility,
inattention,
inattentiveness,
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness,
unmindfulness,
forgetfulness,
slackness,
sloppiness,
contributory negligence,
culpa,
barratry,
delinquency,
disregardfulness,
inadvertence,
inadvertency,
oscitation,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin negligentia, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere ‘disregard, slight’: see neglect).
