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Synonyms for negligent
ˈnɛg lɪ dʒəntneg·li·gent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
negligent
As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.
Synonyms:
absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtlessAntonyms:
alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake
Princeton's WordNet
negligentadjective
characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern
"negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"
Antonyms:
sedulous, hardworking, diligent, industrious, untiring, assiduous, tireless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
negligentadjective
Synonyms:
careless (habitually), thoughtless, heedless, remiss, regardless, inattentive, neglectful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
negligentadjective
Synonyms:
neglectful, heedless, indifferent, slack, remiss, regardless, slothful, derelict, inattentive, careless
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "negligent":
remiss, neglectful, careless, negligence, nonchalant, neglect, sloppy, lax, reckless
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#6793 | absent | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#12928 | negligence | |
#13521 | absorbed | |
#17068 | lax | |
#21679 | reckless | |
#22327 | sloppy | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#24888 | careless | |
#25698 | negligent | |
#33501 | oblivious | |
#40280 | preoccupied | |
#41382 | abstracted | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#69724 | inattentive | |
#76852 | remiss | |
#81711 | listless | |
#98935 | heedless | |
#103712 | nonchalant | |
#120040 | neglectful |
How to use negligent in a sentence?
It’s legal to fire in your backyard as long as you don’t do so in a reckless or negligent manner.
They only give limited protections, so they never would protect against, for example, gross negligence or recklessness, one could argue that holding a large public gathering that will draw people together in a context in which they're not able to do social distancing or follow the directive of the CDC, et cetera. One could argue that is grossly negligent.
The potential risks are too great, in fact not even fully known, and relying on the limited data presently available would be negligent on my part.
We would have been culpably negligent to the American people had we not made the decision we made.
We were disappointed about the charges themselves. They moved forward on negligent criminal homicide, we were both surprised and relieved to see charges going forward at all. It's been well past the normal time, well over a year since the incident happened. It caught us off guard, but it was a welcome relief.
Translations for negligent
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- negligentCatalan, Valencian
- nedbalýCzech
- nachlässig, fahrlässigGerman
- αμελήςGreek
- negligenteSpanish
- huoleton, piittaamatonFinnish
- négligente, distrait, distraite, négligentFrench
- רשלןHebrew
- hanyag, gondatlanHungarian
- lalaiIndonesian
- 怠慢Japanese
- 태만 한Korean
- onachtzaam, nalatigDutch
- нерадивый, халатный, небрежныйRussian
- அலட்சியமாகவும்Tamil
- umursamaz, ihmalkâr, ihmalciTurkish
- 懈Chinese
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