RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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Failing to exercise the care or attention a responsibility requires.

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negligent

The fictional supervisor was negligent in ignoring repeated reports of a broken lock.
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A negligent proofreader accepted responsibility for checking contributor names but skipped the task and marked the guide as reviewed anyway.
From Checking the Information Before Printing.
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