Negligent - English meaning

adjective

Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.

Usage examples:

She had been careless and had left the window unlocked

adjective

Not taking or showing enough care and attention

Usage examples:

My son's teacher says that his work is often rather careless., he made a careless remark (= one mad…

adjective

Relaxed, natural, and free from worry

adjective

(typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

Usage examples:

Delinquent teenagers

noun

A delinquent person.

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Juvenile delinquents

adjective

Late in paying money owed

Usage examples:

She was delinquent in paying her taxes.

adjective

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

Usage examples:

A derelict georgian mansion

noun

A person without a home, job, or property.

Usage examples:

Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective

(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

verb

Speak disrespectfully to or criticize.

Usage examples:

I don't like her dissing my friends

noun

Disrespectful talk.

prefix

Expressing negation.

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Disadvantage

adjective

Apt or likely not to remember.

Usage examples:

I'm a bit forgetful these days

adjective

Likely to forget things

Usage examples:

She worries because her father is getting forgetful.

adjective

Often forgetting things

Usage examples:

She's getting very forgetful in her old age.

adjective

Showing a reckless lack of care or attention.

Usage examples:

‘elaine!’ she shouted, heedless of attracting unwanted attention

adjective

Not giving attention to a risk or difficulty

Usage examples:

Heedless of the hurricane warnings, they took the small boat out into open water.

adjective

Not giving attention to a risk or possible difficulty

Usage examples:

Heedless destruction of the rainforests is contributing to global warming., heedless of journalists…

adjective

Not paying attention to something.

Usage examples:

A particularly dull and inattentive pupil

adjective

Not listening to what is being said or giving your attention to what is happening

Usage examples:

Barbara has been inattentive in class lately.

adjective

Not giving attention to someone or something

Usage examples:

Inattentive to he was wholly inattentive to the needs of his children.

adjective

(of a person, attitude, or action) not showing a proper sense of responsibility.

Usage examples:

It would have been irresponsible just to drive on

adjective

Not thinking carefully enough or not caring about what might result from actions taken

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] it would have been irresponsible to let claire drive home when she was so tired.

adjective

Not thinking enough or not worrying about the possible results of what you do

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] it would be irresponsible to ignore these warnings.

adjective

Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.

Usage examples:

Lax security arrangements at the airport

noun

Lacrosse.

Usage examples:

I wore pads and a helmet whenever i played lax

adjective

Lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough

Usage examples:

Security at the airport seemed lax., laxity in enforcing safety regulations can cost lives.

adjective

Not giving proper care or attention to someone or something.

Usage examples:

You are being neglectful of our guests

adjective

Not giving enough care and attention to something or someone

Usage examples:

I'm sure my boss thinks i've been neglectful of my duties recently.

adjective

Lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.

Usage examples:

It would be very remiss of me not to pass on that information

adjective

Not doing a duty carefully or well enough

Usage examples:

I would be remiss if i didn’t mention it.

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Done too hurriedly and carelessly.

Usage examples:

He gave a slapdash performance

adverb

Hurriedly and carelessly.

Usage examples:

His cabin bordering the upper buffalo river wilderness in the ozarks of northwest arkansas is slapd…

idiom

Marked by great carelessness

adjective

Characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.

Usage examples:

He'd caused many problems with his slipshod management

adjective

Showing lack of effort and attention

Usage examples:

Slipshod repairs

adjective

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual.

Usage examples:

We gave away a goal through sloppy defending

adjective

Messy or lacking care or attention

Usage examples:

Sloppy clothes, a sloppy administrator, sloppy weather, her grandchildren nearly smothered her with…

adjective

Very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant

Usage examples:

The batter was a bit sloppy so i added some more flour., she covered his face with sloppy kisses.

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) not showing consideration for the needs of other people.

Usage examples:

It was thoughtless of her to have rushed out and not said where she would be going

adjective

Not showing care for others

Usage examples:

I’m sorry i was late – it was thoughtless of me not to call., he thoughtlessly made an unkind remar…

adjective

Not conscious or aware.

Usage examples:

Danielle seemed unmindful of her parents' plight

adjective

Not remembering, noticing, or being careful about something