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English
Etymology
From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)
- Careless or inattentive.
- (law) Culpable due to negligence.
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Translations
culpable due to negligence
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin negligentem. First attested in 1272.
Pronunciation
Adjective
negligent m or f (masculine and feminine plural negligents)
- negligent
Related terms
References
- “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
Latin
Verb
negligent
- third-person plural future active indicative of negligō
Romanian
Adjective
negligent m or n (feminine singular negligentă, masculine plural negligenți, feminine and neuter plural negligente)
- Obsolete form of neglijent.
Declension
References
- negligent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN