negligence

negligence is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
2. noun. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.
3. noun. The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly.
4. noun. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

   Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

5. noun. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

   Synonyms: neglect, neglectfulness

Synonyms

carelessness, neglect, nonperformance, neglectfulness

Common word forms

negligences

Words from these letters

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