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negligencia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carelessness noun A lack of proper attention or caution.
  • dereliction noun A failure to do what duty requires; neglect of responsibility.
  • malpractice noun Improper or negligent treatment of a patient by a doctor or other professional, causing harm.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • negligence noun A failure to take proper care, especially when it causes harm.
  • recklessness noun The quality of acting without regard for danger or consequences.

Senses

negligencia is used for these senses in English:

  • carelessness Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
  • dereliction Willful neglect of one's duty.
  • neglect The act of neglecting.
  • neglect Habitual lack of care.
  • negligence (legal, uncountable) 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.
  • recklessness The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

dereliction — full definition

  1. noun A failure to do what duty requires; neglect of responsibility.
  2. noun The state of being abandoned and neglected.

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