negligent

Definition

  • adjective: failing to take proper or normal care of something or someone
  • adjective: marked by or given to 'neglect' especially habitually or culpably
  • synonyms: apathetic, approximate, approximative

Examples

  • She was 'negligent' about sending a thank-you note. [=she neglected to send a thank-you note]

  • He was 'negligent' in not reporting the accident to the police.

  • The defendant drove 'negligently' and hit a pedestrian.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Noah, come on. - Your boat cannot beat me there. - That's really nice. - Mmm, mmm, mmm... "Beautiful dripping fragments. The negligent list of one after another, as I happen to call them to me. Or drink to them. The real poems, (..)
    2004 The Notebook