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negligent

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Failing to exercise the care or attention a responsibility requires.

The fictional supervisor was negligent in ignoring repeated reports of a broken lock.

Dictionary practice example.

A negligent proofreader accepted responsibility for checking contributor names but skipped the task and marked the guide as reviewed anyway.